Temple
Temple [1]
The inner court was extended westward by a second square of 100 cubits, within which, on a platform elevated another 6 cubits (9 ft.), stood the temple proper and its connected buildings ( Ezekiel 41:8 ). This platform or basement is shown by the measurements to be 60 cubits broad (North and and South) and 105 cubits long (East and West) - 5 cubits projecting into the eastern square. The ascent to the temple-porch was by 10 steps ( Ezekiel 40:49; Septuagint, the Revised Version margin). The temple itself was a building consisting, like Solomon's, of three parts - a porch at the entrance, 20 cubits (30 ft.) broad by 12 cubits (18 ft.) deep (so most, following the Septuagint, as required by the other measurements); the holy place or hēkhāl , 40 cubits (60 ft.) long by 20 cubits (30 ft.) broad; and the most holy place, 20 cubits by 20 ( Ezekiel 40:48 , Ezekiel 40:49; Ezekiel 41:1-4 ); the measurements are internal. At the sides of the porch stood two pillars ( Ezekiel 40:49 ), corresponding to the Jachin and Boaz of the older Temple. The holy and the most holy places were separated by a partition 2 cubits in thickness ( Ezekiel 41:3; so most interpret). The most holy place was empty; of the furniture of the holy place mention is made only of an altar of wood ( Ezekiel 41:22; see Altar A , III, 7; B, III, 3). Walls and doors were ornamented with cherubim and palm trees ( Ezekiel 41:18 , Ezekiel 41:25 ). The wall of the temple building was 6 cubits (9 ft.) in thickness ( Ezekiel 41:5 ), and on the north, south, and west sides, as in Solomon's Temple, there were side-chambers in three stories, 30 in number ( Ezekiel 41:6; in each story?), with an outer wall 5 cubits (7 1/2 ft.) in thickness (
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Bibliography InformationOrr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Temple'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/t/temple.html. 1915.
