Ezekiel 41:15-26

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ The man measured the length of the building facing the ·private area [courtyard] ·on the west side [or at the rear], and it was ·one hundred seventy-five feet [^Lone hundred cubits] ·from one wall to the other [or with its galleries on each side].

The ·Holy Place, the Most Holy Place [or interior of the outer sanctuary/main hall], and the outer porch ¹⁶ had wood panels on the walls. By the ·doorway [thresholds], the Temple had wood panels on the walls. The wood covered all the walls from the floor up to the windows, ¹⁷ up to the part of the wall above the entrance.

All the walls inside the ·Most Holy Place and the Holy Place [inner and outer sanctuary], and on the outside, in the ·porch [portico], ¹⁸ had carvings of ·creatures with wings [^Lcherubim] and palm trees. A palm tree was between each ·carved creature [^Lcherub], and every ·creature [^Lcherub] had two faces. ¹⁹ One was a human face looking toward the palm tree on one side. The other was a lion’s face looking toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all around the Temple walls. ²⁰ From the floor to above the entrance, palm trees and ·creatures with wings [^Lcherubim] were carved. The walls of the Holy Place ²¹ had square doorposts. In front of the ·Most Holy Place [sanctuary] was something that looked like ²² an altar of wood. It was more than ·five feet [^Lthree cubits] high and ·three feet [^Ltwo cubits] wide. Its corners, base, and sides were wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is ·in the presence of [before] the Lord.” ²³ Both the ·Holy Place [main hall; outer sanctuary] and the ·Most Holy Place [inner sanctuary] had double doors. ²⁴ Each of the doors had two ·pieces [leaves] that would swing open. Two for one and two for the other. ²⁵ Carved on the doors of the ·Holy Place [main hall; outer sanctuary] were palm trees and ·creatures with wings [^Lcherubim], like those carved on the walls. And there was a wood ·roof [canopy] over the front Temple ·porch [portico]. ²⁶ There were narrow windows and palm trees on both side walls of the ·porch [portico]. The side rooms of the Temple were also covered by a ·roof [canopy] over the stairway.