Ezekiel 41:15-26

The Voice

¹⁵ Then he measured the length of the western structure and the galleries on both sides that faced the courtyard west of the temple. It, too, was 175 feet.

The temple’s nave and outer portico^{[a] 16} were paneled.^[b] The recessed windows were trimmed in wood. The interior walls and the space between the floor and the windows were all covered with wood. ^17-18 Images of winged guardians^[c] and palm trees were carved into the wood above the entrance that led to the sanctuary and also all over the walls of the inner and outer sanctuaries. The two symbols alternated palm tree, guardian, palm tree, etc. Each winged guardian was carved with only two faces: ¹⁹ the face of a man peered in the direction of the palm tree on one side, and the face of a lion gazed in the direction of the palm tree on the other side. This relief encompassed the entire temple. ²⁰ Carvings of winged guardians and palm trees covered the wall of the sanctuary in the space between the floor and the top of the entrance.

²¹ The doorframes leading into the outer sanctuary were square, as were the ones leading to the inner sanctuary. ²² The altar was made of wood. It was 5¼ feet high and 3½ feet square. All of it—its base, horns, and sides—was made of wood.

²³ The outer nave and the inner holy place each had a double door. ²⁴ Each door was made of two panels hinged together.^{[d] 25} On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carvings of winged guardians and palm trees—the exact same images that were on the walls. A wooden roof hung over the front of the outside portico. ²⁶ On both side walls of the portico were windows that had carvings of palm trees. There were roofs over all the side chambers of the temple.