Ezekiel 41:15-26

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁵ He also measured the length of the building facing the restricted area at the rear of the temple, along with its balconies on either side. It was one hundred cubits.

The Interior Decoration

The outer and inner rooms of the sanctuary,^[a] the vestibules of the courtyard, ¹⁶ the thresholds, and the windows with slanting frames, as well as the balconies around the three sides, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all the way around, from the floor to the upper windows, and the windows were covered with lattices.^{[b] 17} The paneling extended up to the space above the entrance, both in the inner and outer sanctuary. On all the walls all around, in both the inner and outer sanctuary, there were geometric patterns,^{[c] 18} carved cherubim, and decorations like palms. There was a palm decoration between each cherub and its neighbor. Each cherub had two faces: ¹⁹ the face of a man turned toward the palm on one side and the face of a lion turned toward the palm on the other side. They were carved all around the whole temple. ²⁰ From the floor up to the space above the entrance, cherubim and palms were carved, even on the walls of the outer room of the sanctuary.^{[d] 21} As for the outer room of the sanctuary, its doorposts were square, and the front of the Holy of Holies had the same design.

The Altar in the Temple

²² The altar was made of wood, three cubits high. Its length was two cubits, and its width was two cubits.^[e] Its corners, its base,^[f] and its sides were also of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

²³ Both the outer room of the sanctuary and the Holy of Holies had double doors. ²⁴ The doors had two leaves apiece, two folding leaves—two for one door and two leaves for the other door. ²⁵ Carved on the doors of the outer room there were cherubim and palm decorations, like those carved on the walls. Outside there was a wooden canopy in front of the vestibule. ²⁶ There were also windows narrowing toward the inside and palm decorations on both side walls of the vestibule. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.