Lexicon :: Strong's G1857 - exōteros

“Make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set, and do the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

He carved all the surrounding temple walls with carved engravings ​— ​cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms ​— ​in the inner and outer sanctuaries.

All memory of him perishes from the earth;

he has no name anywhere.[fn]

The sound of the cherubim’s wings could be heard as far as the outer court; it was like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet.[fn] This was the east; next the north is described.

Its portico faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.

Its portico[fn] faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple yard to the west, with its galleries[fn] on each side; it was 175 feet.

The interior of the great hall and the porticoes of the court ​— ​

reaching to the top of the entrance, and as far as the inner temple and on the outside. On every wall all around, on the inside and outside, was a pattern

Then the man led me out by way of the north gate into the outer court. He brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple yard and opposite the building to the north.

Opposite the 35 foot space[fn] belonging to the inner court and opposite the paved surface belonging to the outer court, the structure rose gallery by gallery in three tiers.

For they were arranged in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle stories.

“Once the priests have entered, they are not to go out from the holy area to the outer court until they have removed the clothes they minister in, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the public area.”

The man then brought me back toward the sanctuary’s outer gate that faced east, and it was closed.

“Before they go out to the outer court,[fn] to the people, they must take off the clothes they have been ministering in, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people through their clothes.

He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”