7. Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.
8. I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 101/2 feet high.
9. The outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 83/4 feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms
10. and the row of rooms along the outer wall of the inner courtyard. This open area was 35 feet wide, and it went all the way around the Temple.
11. Two doors opened from the side rooms into the terrace yard, which was 83/4 feet wide. One door faced north and the other south.
12. A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 1221/2 feet wide and 1571/2 feet long, and its walls were 83/4 feet thick.
13. Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length.
14. The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide.
15. The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide.The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple
16. were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.
17. The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled.