For the Tent of the LORD's presence he made the enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains were 50 yards long,

The enclosure was the same on the north side.

On the east side, where the entrance was, the enclosure was also 25 yards wide.

(SEE 38:14)

The bases for the posts were made of bronze, and the hooks, the rods, and the covering of the tops of the posts were made of silver. All the posts around the enclosure were connected with silver rods.

It was supported by four posts in four bronze bases. Their hooks, the covering of their tops, and their rods were made of silver.

Put up the surrounding enclosure and hang the curtain at its entrance.

An inner court was built in front of the Temple, enclosed with walls which had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.

That same day he also consecrated the central part of the courtyard, the area in front of the Temple, and then he offered there the sacrifices burned whole, the grain offerings, and the fat of the animals for the fellowship offerings. He did this because the bronze altar was too small for all these offerings.

In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars.

One day spent in your Temple is better than a thousand anywhere else; I would rather stand at the gate of the house of my God than live in the homes of the wicked.

They are like trees planted in the house of the LORD, that flourish in the Temple of our God,

Enter the Temple gates with thanksgiving; go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise him.

(SEE 116:18)

The room at the far end led out to a courtyard. He measured that room and found it was 34 feet wide.

Then the man measured the gateway on the north side that led into the outer courtyard.

Across the courtyard from this north gateway was another gateway leading to the inner courtyard, just as there was on the east side. The man measured the distance between these two gateways, and it was 168 feet.

The man took me through the south gateway into the inner courtyard. He measured the gateway, and it was the same size as the gateways in the outer wall.

The man took me through the east gateway into the inner courtyard. He measured the gateway, and it was the same size as the others.

Then he brought me into the inner court. There were two rooms opening on the inner court, one facing south beside the north gateway and the other facing north beside the south gateway.

On one side it faced the space 34 feet wide which was alongside the Temple, and on the other side it faced the pavement of the outer courtyard. It was built on three levels, each one set further back than the one below it.

(SEE 42:17)

so that the wall enclosed a square 840 feet on each side. The wall served to separate what was holy from what was not.

and said, "This is the place where the priests are to boil the meat offered as sacrifices for sin or as repayment offerings, and to bake the offerings of flour, so that nothing holy is carried to the outer courtyard, where it might harm the people."

(SEE 46:21)

The man told me, "These are the kitchens where the Temple servants are to boil the sacrifices the people offer."

"Make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider it with figures of winged creatures.

Place the curtain under the row of hooks in the roof of the Tent, and put behind the curtain the Covenant Box containing the two stone tablets. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Outside the Most Holy Place put the table against the north side of the Tent and the lampstand against the south side.

For this curtain make five posts of acacia wood covered with gold and fitted with gold hooks; make five bronze bases for these posts.

They put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set.

the curtains for the enclosure and its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure and its ropes; the Tent pegs; all the equipment to be used in the Tent;