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Lamentations 2

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¹ The building that was in front of the separate area on the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.

² Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; the separate area and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

³ Also the width of the front of the temple and the separate areas along the east side totaled a hundred cubits.

⁴ He (the angel) measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches (porticoes) of the courtyard.

⁵ The thresholds, the latticed windows, and the galleries all around their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),

⁶ over the entrance, and to the inner[6] room, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement.

⁷ It was[7] carved with [figures of] cherubim and palm trees; so that a palm decoration was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

⁸ so that the face of a man was toward the palm decoration on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm decoration on the other side. It was carved [this way] on the entire house (temple) all around.

⁹ From the[8] floor to [the space] above the entrance cherubim and palm decorations were carved, and also on the wall of the nave [the Holy Place].

¹⁰ The doorposts of the nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other.

¹¹ The[9] altar was of wood, three cubits high and two cubits long; and its corners, its[10] base, and its[11] sides were wood. And he said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD."

¹² The nave (Holy Place) and the sanctuary (Holy of Holies) each had a double door.

¹³ Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging (folding) leaves; two leaves for the one door and two leaves for the other.

¹⁴ And there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm decorations like those carved on the walls; and there was a[12] threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside.

¹⁵ There were latticed windows and palm decorations on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch. Thus were the side chambers and the[13] thresholds of the house.

¹⁶ Then he (the angel) brought me out into the outer courtyard, toward the north; and he led me to the [attached] chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building to the north.

¹⁷ Along the length, one hundred cubits, was the north door; and the width was fifty cubits.

¹⁸ Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner courtyard, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer courtyard, was gallery (balcony) corresponding to gallery in three stories.

¹⁹ In front of the [attached] chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide[1] and one hundred cubits long; and their entrances were on the north.

²⁰ Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took away more space from them than from the chambers on the lower and middle stories of the building;

²¹ for they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the [outer] courtyards; therefore the upper chambers were[2] set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.

²² And the outer wall, by the side of the chambers, toward the outer courtyard facing the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

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1	The building that was in front of the separate area on the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
2	Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; the separate area and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.
3	Also the width of the front of the temple and the separate areas along the east side totaled a hundred cubits.
4	He (the angel) measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches (porticoes) of the courtyard.
5	The thresholds, the latticed windows, and the galleries all around their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),
6	over the entrance, and to the inner[6] room, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement.
7	It was[7] carved with [figures of] cherubim and palm trees; so that a palm decoration was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,
8	so that the face of a man was toward the palm decoration on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm decoration on the other side. It was carved [this way] on the entire house (temple) all around.
9	From the[8] floor to [the space] above the entrance cherubim and palm decorations were carved, and also on the wall of the nave [the Holy Place].
10	The doorposts of the nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other.
11	The[9] altar was of wood, three cubits high and two cubits long; and its corners, its[10] base, and its[11] sides were wood. And he said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD."
12	The nave (Holy Place) and the sanctuary (Holy of Holies) each had a double door.
13	Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging (folding) leaves; two leaves for the one door and two leaves for the other.
14	And there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm decorations like those carved on the walls; and there was a[12] threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside.
15	There were latticed windows and palm decorations on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch. Thus were the side chambers and the[13] thresholds of the house.
16	Then he (the angel) brought me out into the outer courtyard, toward the north; and he led me to the [attached] chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building to the north.
17	Along the length, one hundred cubits, was the north door; and the width was fifty cubits.
18	Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner courtyard, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer courtyard, was gallery (balcony) corresponding to gallery in three stories.
19	In front of the [attached] chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide[1] and one hundred cubits long; and their entrances were on the north.
20	Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took away more space from them than from the chambers on the lower and middle stories of the building;
21	for they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the [outer] courtyards; therefore the upper chambers were[2] set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.
22	And the outer wall, by the side of the chambers, toward the outer courtyard facing the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

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