Ezekiel 41

1 Then he brought me to the nave and measured the pilasters, which were six cubits thick on either side.
2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the walls at either side of it measured five cubits each. He measured the length of the nave, which was found to be forty cubits, while its width was twenty.
3 Then he went in beyond and measured the pilasters flanking that entrance, which were two cubits; the width of the entrance was six cubits, and the walls at either side of it extended seven cubits each.
4 He measured the space beyond the nave, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, and said to me, This is the holy of holies.
5 Then he measured the wall of the temple, which was six cubits thick; the side chambers, which extended all the way around the temple, had a width of four cubits.
6 There were thirty side chambers built one above the other in three stories, and there were offsets in the outside wall of the temple that enclosed the side chambers; these served as supports, so that there were no supports in the temple wall proper.
7 There was a broad circular passageway that led upward to the side chambers, for the temple was enclosed all the way around and all the way upward; therefore the temple had a broad way running upward so that one could pass from the lowest to the middle and the highest story.
8 About the temple was a raised pavement completely enclosing it--the foundations of the side chambers--a full rod of six cubits in extent.
9 The width of the outside wall which enclosed the side chambers was five cubits. Between the side chambers of the temple
10 and the chambers of the court was an open space twenty cubits wide going all around the temple.
11 The side chambers had entrances to the open space, one entrance on the north and another on the south. The width of the wall surrounding the open space was five cubits.
12 The building fronting the free area on the west side was seventy cubits front to back; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and it measured ninety cubits from side to side.
13 He measured the temple, which was one hundred cubits long. The free area, together with the building and its walls, was a hundred cubits in length.
14 The facade of the temple, along with the free area, on the east side, was one hundred cubits wide.
15 He measured the building which lay the length of the free area and behind it, and together with its walls on both sides it was one hundred cubits. The inner nave and the outer vestibule
16 were paneled with precious wood all around, covered from the ground to the windows. There were splayed windows with trellises about them (facing the threshold).
17 As high as the lintel of the door, even into the interior part of the temple as well as outside, on every wall on every side in both the inner and outer rooms were carved
18 the figures of cherubim and palmtrees: a palmtree between every two cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:
19 a man's face looking at a palmtree on one side, and a lion's face looking at a palmtree on the other; thus they were figured on every side throughout the whole temple.
20 From the ground to the lintel of the door the cherubim and palmtrees were carved on the walls.
21 The way into the nave was a square doorframe. In front of the holy place was something that looked like
22 a wooden altar, three cubits in height, two cubits long, and two cubits wide. It had corners, and its base and sides were of wood. He said to me, This is the table which is before the LORD.
23 The nave had a double door, and also the holy place had
24 a double door. Each door had two movable leaves; two leaves were on one doorjamb and two on the other.
25 Carved upon them (on the doors of the nave) were cherubim and palmtrees, like those carved on the walls. Before the vestibule outside was a wooden lattice.
26 There were splayed windows (and palmtrees) on both side walls of the vestibule, and the side chambers of the temple....

Ezekiel 42

1 Then he led me north to the outer court, bringing me to some chambers on the north that lay across the free area and which were also across from the building.
2 Their length was a hundred cubits on the north side, and they were fifty cubits wide.
3 Across the twenty cubits of the inner court and the pavement of the outer court, there were three parallel rows of them on different levels.
4 In front of the chambers, to the inside, was a walk ten cubits broad and a wall of one cubit; but the entrances of the chambers were on the north.
5 The outermost chambers were the lowest, for the system of levels set them at a level lower than the closest chambers and those in between;
6 for they were in three rows and had no foundations to conform with the foundations of the courts, therefore they were on a lower terrace of the ground than the closest and the middle chambers.
7 On the far side there was a wall running parallel to the chambers along the outer court; its length before these chambers was fifty cubits,
8 for the length of the chambers belonging to the outer court was fifty cubits, but along its entire length the wall measured one hundred cubits.
9 Below these chambers there was the way in from the east, so that one could enter from the outer court
10 where the wall of the court began. To the south along the side of the free area and the building there were also chambers,
11 before which was a passage. These looked like the chambers to the north, just as long and just as wide, with the same exits and plan and entrances.
12 Below the chambers to the south there was an entrance at the beginning of the way which led to the back wall, by which one could enter from the east.
13 He said to me, The north and south chambers which border on the free area are the sanctuary chambers; here the priests who draw near to the LORD shall eat the most sacred meals, and here they shall keep the most sacred offerings: cereal offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings; for it is a holy place.
14 When the priests have once entered, they shall not leave the holy place for the outer court until they have left here the clothing in which they ministered, for it is holy. They shall put on other garments, and then approach the place destined for the people.
15 When he had finished measuring the inner temple area, he brought me out by way of the gate which faces east and measured all the limits of the court.
16 He measured the east side: five hundred cubits by his measuring rod. Then he turned
17 and measured the north side: five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. He turned
18 to the south and measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
19 Then he turned to the west and measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
20 Thus he measured it in the four directions, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide. It was surrounded by a wall, to separate the sacred from the profane.

Ezekiel 43

1 Then he led me to the gate which faces the east,
2 and there I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. I heard a sound like the roaring of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.
3 The vision was like that which I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like that which I had seen by the river Chebar. I fell prone
4 as the glory of the LORD entered the temple by way of the gate which faces the east,
5 but spirit lifted me up and brought me to the inner court. And I saw that the temple was filled with the glory of the LORD.
6 Then I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man stood beside me.
7 The voice said to me: Son of man, this is where my throne shall be, this is where I will set the soles of my feet; here I will dwell among the Israelites forever. Never again shall they and their kings profane my holy name with their harlotries and with the corpses of their kings (their high places).
8 When they placed their threshold against my threshold and their doorpost next to mine, so that only a wall was between us, they profaned my holy name by their abominable deeds; therefore I consumed them in my wrath.
9 From now on they shall put far from me their harlotry and the corpses of their kings, and I will dwell in their midst forever.
10 As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel (that they may be ashamed of their sins), both its measurements and its design;
11 (and if they are ashamed of all that they have done,) make known to them the form and design of the temple, its exits and entrances, all its statutes and laws; write these down for them to see, that they may carefully observe all its laws and statutes.
12 This is the law of the temple: its whole surrounding area on the mountain top shall be most sacred.
13 These were the measurements of the altar in cubits of one cubit plus a handbreadth. Its base was one cubit high and one cubit deep, with a rim around its edges of one span. The height of the altar itself was as follows:
14 from its base at the bottom up to the lower edge it was two cubits high, and this ledge was one cubit deep; from the lower to the upper ledge it was four cubits high, and this ledge also was one cubit deep;
15 the hearth of the altar was four cubits high, and extending from the top of the hearth were the four horns of the altar.
16 The hearth was a square: twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
17 The upper ledge was also a square: fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide. The lower ledge, likewise a square, was sixteen cubits long and sixteen cubits wide, with a half-cubit rim surrounding it. And there was a base of one cubit all around. The steps of the altar face the east.
18 Then he said to me: Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: These are the statutes for the altar when it is set up for the offering of holocausts upon it and for the sprinkling of blood against it.
19 Give a young bull as a sin offering to the priests, the Levites who are of the line of Zadok, who draw near me to minister to me, says the Lord GOD.
20 Take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim all around. Thus you shall purify it and make atonement for it.
21 Then take the bull of the sin offering, which is to be burnt in a designated part of the temple, outside the sanctuary.
22 On the second day present an unblemished he-goat as a sin offering, to purify the altar as was done with the bull.
23 When you have finished the purification, bring an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock,
24 and present them before the LORD; the priests shall strew salt on them and offer them to the LORD as holocausts.
25 Daily for seven days you shall offer a he-goat as a sin offering, and a young bull and a ram from the flock, all unblemished, shall be offered
26 for seven days. Thus atonement shall be made for the altar, and it shall be purified and dedicated.
27 And when these days are over, from the eighth day on, the priests shall offer your holocausts and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, says the Lord GOD.