Det hellige og det allerhelligste
1Derefter førte han mig videre hen til selve tempelhallen, og han målte de to dørstolper, som døren sad fast i. De var hver 3 m brede. 2Døren var 5 m bred og væggene på begge sider af døren var 2,5 m brede. Tempelhallen var indvendig 20 m lang og 10 m bred.
3Så gik han hen til indgangen til det inderste rum. Dørstolperne ved den indgang var hver en meter brede. Døren var 3 m bred og væggene på begge sider af døren var hver 3,5 m brede. 4Det inderste rum var 10 m på hver led. „Rummet her er det allerhelligste,” forklarede han.
5Så gik han udenfor igen og målte tempelhallens mur: Den var 3 m tyk. Der var en tilbygning med rum hele vejen rundt om templets yderside mod syd, vest og nord. Hvert rum var 2 m bredt. 6-7Tilbygningen havde tre etager, og der var 30 rum på hver etage. Tempelhallens mur var bredest forneden og gik en tak indad to gange, så tilbygningens støttebjælker havde en hylde at hvile på. Bjælkerne var altså ikke bygget ind i tempelmuren, men lå på en afsats. Derfor var tilbygningens midterste etage bredere end den nederste, og den øverste var lige så meget bredere igen i forhold til den midterste. Der var trapper fra nederste etage gennem den midterste til den øverste etage.
8Rundt om hele templet var der bygget et fundament, som var 3 m højt, og tilbygningen med de mange rum var bygget oven på det fundament. 9Tilbygningens ydermur var 2,5 m tyk, og uden for muren var der et åbent stykke som en terrasse. 10Hele vejen rundt var der et åbent stykke på 10 m, indtil man kom til de andre værelser.41,10 Teksten er uklar. 11Der var to døre i tilbygningen, hvoraf en vendte mod nord og en mod syd. Dørene åbnede ud mod den åbne terrasse, som var 2,5 m bred.
12Vest for tempelhallen var der en baggård, hvori der lå en bygning, som var 35 m bred og 45 m lang, og dens mure var på alle sider 2,5 m tykke. 13Derpå målte manden længden fra øst til vest af tempelhallen plus tilbygningen. Den var 50 m. Og han målte længden af baggården med dens bygning og mur. Den var også 50 m. 14Derpå målte han bredden fra syd til nord af tempelhallen plus den indre forgård. Den var også 50 m. 15Han havde nu målt baggården og dens bygning med dens balkoner.
Både det ydre og indre rum i tempelhallen samt forhallen var indvendig beklædt med træpaneler. 16Træpanelerne gik fra gulvet op til vinduerne, som der var gitter for.41,16 Som flere andre steder i disse kapitler er originalteksten vanskelig at tyde. 17Væggen over døren ind til det allerhelligste var også beklædt med paneler. 18-20Alle væggene var udsmykket med udskårne billeder af keruber og palmer fra gulvet til op over dørene. Der var skiftevis en kerub og en palme hele vejen rundt på templets indervæg. Keruberne havde to ansigter. Deres menneskeansigt så i retning af palmen på den ene side, mens deres løveansigt så i retning af palmen på den anden side.
21Dørstolperne ved indgangen til det ydre rum i tempelhallen var firkantede, og det samme gjaldt dørstolperne ind til det indre rum. 22Foran indgangen til det indre rum stod røgelsesalteret. Det var 1,5 m højt, 1 m bredt og 1 m langt. Dets hjørner, fodstykke og sider var helt igennem af træ. „Dette alter viser, at Herren er nær,” forklarede manden.
23-24Både indgangen til det ydre og indre rum i templet havde dobbelte fløjdøre, 25der ligesom væggene var udsmykket med keruber og palmemotiver. Over indgangen til forhallen var der desuden et udhæng af træ. 26Der var også palmemotiver på forhallens vægge rundt omkring vinduerne.
1Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. 2And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.41.2 door: or, entrance 3Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits. 4So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. 5After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. 6And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.41.6 one…: Heb. side chamber over side chamber41.6 thirty…: or, three and thirty times, or, foot41.6 have hold: Heb. be holden 7And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.41.7 there…: Heb. it was made broader, and went round 8I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. 9The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within. 10And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. 11And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
12Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 13So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; 14Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. 15And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;41.15 galleries: or, several walks, or, walks with pillars 16The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;41.16 cieled…: Heb. cieling of wood41.16 and from…: or, and the ground unto the windows 17To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.41.17 measure: Heb. measures 18And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; 19So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. 20From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. 21The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.41.21 posts: Heb. post 22The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. 23And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 24And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. 25And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. 26And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
