Lexicon :: Strong's H7341 - rōḥaḇ

Its recesses, jambs, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 ¹/₂ feet long and 43 ³/₄ feet wide.

as did its recesses, jambs, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87 ¹/₂ feet long and 43 ³/₄ feet wide.

There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31 ¹/₂ inches[fn] long, 31 ¹/₂ inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.

Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.

Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were 8 ³/₄ feet thick on each side. The width of the gate was 24 ¹/₂ feet,[fn] and the side walls of the gate were[fn] 5 ¹/₄ feet[fn] wide on each side.

The portico was 35 feet[fn] across and 21[fn] feet[fn] deep, and 10 steps led[fn] up to it. There were pillars by the jambs, one on each side.

The width of the entrance was 17 ¹/₂ feet,[fn] and the side walls of the entrance were 8 ³/₄ feet[fn] wide on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet,[fn] and the width, 35 feet.[fn]

He went inside the next room and measured the jambs at the entrance; they were 3 ¹/₂ feet[fn] wide. The entrance was 10 ¹/₂ feet wide, and the width of the entrance’s side walls on each side[fn] was 12 ¹/₄ feet.[fn]

He then measured the length of the room adjacent to the great hall, 35 feet, and the width, 35 feet. And he said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was 10 ¹/₂ feet thick. The width of the side rooms all around the temple was 7 feet.[fn]

The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one.[fn]

The thickness of the outer wall of the side rooms was 8 ³/₄ feet. The free space between the side rooms of the temple

and the outer chambers was 35 feet wide all around the temple.

The side rooms opened into the free space, one entrance toward the north and another to the south. The area of free space was 8 ³/₄ feet wide all around.

Now the building that faced the temple yard toward the west was 122 ¹/₂ feet[fn] wide. The wall of the building was 8 ³/₄ feet thick on all sides, and the building’s length was 157 ¹/₂ feet.[fn]

The width of the front of the temple along with the temple yard to the east was 175 feet.

In front of the chambers was a walkway toward the inside, 17 ¹/₂ feet[fn] wide and 175 feet long,[fn] and their entrances were on the north.

In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the south,[fn] there were chambers facing the temple yard and the western building,

with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that faced north. Their length and width, as well as all their exits, measurements, and entrances, were identical.

He measured the temple complex on all four sides. It had a wall all around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy from the common.

“The distance from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is 3 ¹/₂ feet,[fn] and the width of the ledge is 21 inches. There are 7 feet[fn] from the small ledge to the large ledge, whose width is also 21 inches.

“The hearth is square, 21 feet[fn] long by 21 feet wide.

“The ledge is 24 ¹/₂ feet[fn] long by 24 ¹/₂ feet wide, with four equal sides. The rim all around it is 10 ¹/₂ inches,[fn] and its gutter is 21 inches all around it. The altar’s steps face east.”

“From this holy portion,[fn] you will measure off an area 8 ¹/₃ miles long and 3 ¹/₃ miles[fn] wide, in which the sanctuary, the most holy place, will stand.[fn]

“There will be another area 8 ¹/₃ miles long and 3 ¹/₃ miles wide for the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns to live in.[fn]

“As the property of the city, set aside an area 1 ²/₃ miles[fn] wide and 8 ¹/₃ miles long, adjacent to the holy donation of land. It will be for the whole house of Israel.

“The special portion you donate to the LORD will be 8 ¹/₃ miles long and 3 ¹/₃ miles[fn] wide.

“This holy donation will be set apart for the priests alone. It will be 8 ¹/₃ miles long on the northern side, 3 ¹/₃ miles wide on the western side, 3 ¹/₃ miles wide on the eastern side, and 8 ¹/₃ miles long on the southern side. The LORD’s sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

“Next to the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an area 8 ¹/₃ miles long and 3 ¹/₃ miles wide. The total length will be 8 ¹/₃ miles and the width 3 ¹/₃ miles.

“The remaining area, 1 ²/₃ miles[fn] wide and 8 ¹/₃ miles long, will be for common use by the city, for both residential and open space. The city will be in the middle of it.