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.
1Then the man brought me to the main hall and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits41:1 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5 and 8 on each side.41:1 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts side, the width of the tent 2The entrance was ten cubits41:2 That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits41:2 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12 wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.41:2 That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide
3Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits41:3 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22 wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits41:3 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters wide. 4And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
5Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits41:5 That is, about 7 feet or about 2.1 meters wide. 6The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple. 7The side rooms all around the temple were wider at each successive level. The structure surrounding the temple was built in ascending stages, so that the rooms widened as one went upward. A stairway went up from the lowest floor to the top floor through the middle floor.
8I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits. 9The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple 10and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. 11There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area, one on the north and another on the south; and the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around.
12The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits41:12 That is, about 123 feet or about 37 meters wide. The wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.41:12 That is, about 158 feet or about 48 meters
13Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits41:13 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 14 and 15 long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long. 14The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.
15Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits.
The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court, 16as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries around the three of them—everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered. 17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary 18were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces: 19the face of a human being toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple. 20From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.
21The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar. 22There was a wooden altar three cubits41:22 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.5 meters high and two cubits square41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew long; its corners, its base41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew length and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.” 23Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors. 24Each door had two leaves—two hinged leaves for each door. 25And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico. 26On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.
