Ezequiel 41

1 Então ele me levou ao templo e mediu os pilares, três metros de largura de um lado e três metros de largura do outro, que era a largura do tabernáculo. 2 A largura da entrada era de cinco metros, e as paredes laterais tinham dois metros e meio, uma de cada lado. Também mediu a profundidade da nave, e deu vinte metros; mediu a largura, e deu dez metros. 3 Entrou na parte interior, mediu o pilar da entrada, e deu um metro; mediu a largura da entrada, e deu três metros. 4 Também mediu o seu comprimento, e deu dez metros; mediu a largura, e deu dez metros, na parte frontal da nave. Então ele me disse:

— Este é o Santo dos Santos.

As câmaras laterais

5 Depois ele mediu a parede do templo: três metros de espessura. A largura de cada câmara lateral era de dois metros. Essas câmaras ficavam em toda a volta do templo. 6 As câmaras laterais estavam em três andares, câmara sobre câmara, trinta em cada andar. E havia reentrâncias na parede do templo ao redor, para as câmaras laterais, para que as vigas se apoiassem nelas e não fossem introduzidas na parede do templo. 7 As câmaras laterais aumentavam em largura de andar para andar, correspondendo às reentrâncias do templo de andar em andar ao redor; por isso o templo era mais largo em cima. Assim, se subia do andar inferior para o superior, passando pelo andar do meio.

8 E vi um pavimento elevado ao redor do templo; eram os alicerces das câmaras laterais de três metros de altura. 9 A grossura da parede externa das câmaras laterais era de dois metros e meio. A área aberta entre as câmaras laterais do templo 10 e as outras câmaras tinha dez metros de largura por todo o redor do templo. 11 As entradas das câmaras laterais estavam voltadas para a área aberta: uma entrada para o norte e outra para o sul; a largura da área que sobrava era de dois metros e meio ao redor.

O edifício do lado oeste

12 O edifício que estava numa área separada, do lado oeste, tinha a largura de trinta e cinco metros. A parede do edifício tinha dois metros e meio de espessura ao redor, e o seu comprimento era de quarenta e cinco metros.

As medidas totais do templo

13 Então ele mediu o templo: cinquenta metros de comprimento. A área separada, o edifício e as suas paredes também tinham cinquenta metros de comprimento. 14 A largura da frente do templo e da área separada, do lado oeste, era de cinquenta metros. 15 Também mediu o comprimento do edifício, que estava na área separada e por detrás do templo, e as suas galerias em cada lado, e deu cinquenta metros.

O templo propriamente dito, o Santíssimo, o vestíbulo do átrio, 16 os umbrais, as janelas estreitas e as galerias ao redor dos três, diante do umbral, estavam cobertos de madeira ao redor, e isto desde o chão até as janelas, que estavam cobertas. 17 No espaço em cima da porta, e até o templo de dentro e de fora, e em toda a parede ao redor, por dentro e por fora, havia obras de escultura, 18 a saber, querubins e palmeiras. Entre um querubim e outro querubim havia uma palmeira. Cada querubim tinha dois rostos: 19 um rosto humano olhava para a palmeira de um lado, e um rosto de leão olhava para a palmeira do outro lado. Era assim por todo o templo ao redor. 20 Desde o chão até acima da entrada havia querubins e palmeiras, até mesmo pela parede do templo.

21 Os batentes do templo eram quadrados, e a entrada do Santo dos Santos tinha a mesma aparência.

O altar de madeira

22 O altar de madeira tinha um metro e meio de altura, e o seu comprimento era de um metro. Os seus cantos, a sua base e os seus lados eram de madeira. O homem me disse:

— Esta é a mesa que está diante do Senhor.

As portas

23 Tanto o templo quanto o Santo dos Santos tinham duas portas. 24 Havia duas folhas para as portas, duas folhas dobráveis; duas para cada porta. 25 Nelas, isto é, nas portas do templo, havia querubins e palmeiras, como havia nas paredes. Havia também uma cobertura feita de madeira na frente do vestíbulo por fora. 26 E havia janelas estreitas e palmeiras em ambos os lados do vestíbulo, bem como nas câmaras laterais do templo e na cobertura de madeira.

1 Then the man brought me to the main hall and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits*41:1 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 tent2 The entrance was ten cubits*41:2 That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits*41:2 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

3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits*41:3 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 cubits*41:3 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters wide. 4 And 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."

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits*41:5 That is, about 7 feet or about 2.1 meters wide. 6 The 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. 7 The 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.

8 I 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. 9 The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple 10 and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. 11 There 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.

12 The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits*41:12 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

13 Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits*41:13 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. 14 The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.

15 Then 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, 16 as 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. 17 In 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 18 were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces: 19 the 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. 20 From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.

21 The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar. 22 There was a wooden altar three cubits*41:22 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.5 meters high and two cubits square*41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew long; its corners, its base*41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew length and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, "This is the table that is before the Lord." 23 Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors. 24 Each door had two leaves—two hinged leaves for each door. 25 And 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. 26 On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.