Art

Art

YHVH blesses and encourages us to follow his example in perfecting our artistic gifts, as long as we do not worship the things we make, or attempt to make images of Him.

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35 SCRIPTURE SECTIONS on the theme of Art

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398 SCRIPTURES on the theme of Art

Exodus 31:3 I have filled [the artist who shadows me] with the [ingenious] spirit of Elohim, with wisdom, understanding, [and] knowledge covering every kind of artistic craftsmanship.
note: If you're doing Christian work, it ought to be better than what the worldly people are producing. Bad Art = Bad spirituality. Bad music = bad spirituality. The heart of artistry is imitating the creativity you see in nature and in the Hebrew scriptures.
1st Kings 7:23 Next [Hiram] crafts a molten ‘Sea’, 10 cubits [17.5 feet] from one brim to the other. [This giant bowl is] perfectly circular, 5 cubits [8.75 feet] high, 30 cubits [52.5 feet] in circumference.
note: Probably for baptisms. The Mormon temples use replicas of this design for their bogus baptisms for the dead.
1st Kings 7:25 The ‘Sea’ stands upon 12 [metal] oxen [statues]. 3 [oxen] look toward the north; 3 look west; 3 look south, and 3 look east. Their backsides face inward. [Engineers use huge cranes to] lift the ‘Sea’ atop the [oxen].
Numbers (Journeys) 8:4 [Aaron stands back in awe of the giant] Menorah. He [admires] its workmanship, 😇: [One piece of pure] hand-hammered gold, from its shaft [up] to its flowers, [a masterpiece of] sculpted artistry, it exactly matches the [heavenly] Menorah pattern YHVH showed Moses.
JeremiYAH 27:2 [YAH's angel] says, “Make yourself a yoke of straps and crossbars. [Strap] them upon your neck.
note: Performance art missions.
Ezekiel 4:2 Then [pretend to surround and] attack [your drawing of Jerusalem]. Build [scale models of] siege-towers with catapults [pelting the city]. Build a ramp up to it. Erect war-camps facing it. Surround it with [models of] battering-rams.
note: Performance art.
Exodus 37:18 6 branches extrude from the sides [of the menorah's shaft]: 3 branches on each side.
note: 6 outer branches picture man seeking YAH. YAH is represented by the candle in the center.
Exodus 37:22 All the buds and branches form one piece with the central shaft. So the menorah is one piece of hand-hammered pure gold artwork.
1st Kings 6:32 On the two olive-wood doors [Solomon's artisans] carve figures of cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. [The workers] overlay the doors with gold. [Artists] paint the gold into the shapes of the cherubim and palm trees.
2nd Chronicles 3:13 The wings of these cherubim spread out 20 cubits [35 feet]. These [angelic statues] stand on their feet, with their faces inward [toward the Ark].
Exodus 37:17 Then, 😇, out of [a block of] pure gold, [metal-smiths] sculpt the menorah (a hand-hammered candelabra) in one piece, including its base, shaft, cups & rings of outer leaves and flowers.
Exodus 39:6 [Meanwhile, jewelers] cut onyx stones. They set the [gems] in settings of gold. [On these jewels, engravers] carve letters like [inscriptions on] signet [rings], bearing the names of the [12] sons of Israel.
1st Samuel 6:4 So the [Philistine leaders] ask [their occultists], “What kind of guilt-offering should we send [to YAH]?” The [occultists] answer, “Send [YAH] five golden tumor-replicas, and five golden mice, one for each of [our] Philistine [war] Lords. [These gifts will] commemorate the unique plague [YAH smacked down] on all your [people], including your [war] lords.
note: Modern votive offerings are descended from these golden hemorrhoid statues!
1st Kings 6:23 Within the oracle-room, [Solomon's wood-carvers] sculpt 2 cherubim from olive tree-wood. Each [angel] stands 10 cubits [17.5 feet] high.
note: Or oil-tree wood.
1st Kings 6:27 Solomon's [craftsmen] install the cherubim in the Most Holy Room inside the temple. Their wings stretch out perfectly, so that the wing-tip of one cherub touches one wall, and the wing-tip of the other [cherub] touches the other wall. The tips of their wings touch each other in the middle of the [oracle] room.
1st Kings 6:29 And [Solomon's artisans sculpt] all the walls surrounding the temple with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and out.
1st Kings 7:33 [Hiram] crafts the wheels like chariot wheels: [he pours] their axles, rims, hubs and spokes of pure cast-metal.
1st Kings 8:7 So the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the ark's resting place. The cherubim cover the ark and its carrying poles.
1st Chronicles 28:19 [King] David says [to Solomon], “YHVH made me comprehend all these artworks, [and data,] and designs by writing with His hand inside me.”
note: The key to creativity is to connect with your Creator.
2nd Chronicles 3:16 Next [Solomon's craftsmen] weave [gold] chains matching the [chains] in the oracle [room]. The [men] fasten the [chains] on the tops of the pillars. Then [the artists] sculpt 100 [gold] pomegranates, which [workmen] hang on the chains.
2nd Chronicles 4:4 The [Sea comes to] rest on [these] 12 [giant brass] oxen-statues. 3 look north; 3 look west; 3 look south, and 3 look east. Their backsides [face] inward. [Giant cranes] set the “sea” atop these [oxen].
2nd Chronicles 4:7 And [Solomon's artisans] craft 10 gold replicas of the original menorah [of Moses]. [Men with cranes] set these [giant priceless candelabras] in the temple: five on the right hand, and five on the left.
2nd Chronicles 7:11 Thus [King] Solomon {Peace-Man} finishes [building] the temple of YHVH, and the royal palace. Solomon successfully achieves every design that comes into his heart to build, [both] in the temple of YHVH, and in his own castle.
note: Imitation of the Creator is the foundation of all art.
Ezekiel 1:10 The creatures' faces blow my mind, 😇: look at them from the front, you see a human face. But from the left, you see a lion's face. From the right, you see a bull's face. And from the rear, you see an eagle's face!
note: paraphrase
Ezekiel 4:4 Then lay down on your left side. On your torso, place [the destroyed city-model representing] the ruinous house of Israel. Lay there every day for [390 days. Symbolically] bear Israel's [perversity].
note: Ezekiel may have lain there only part of each day.
Ezekiel 4:7 Set your face toward [your model] siege of Jerusalem. Bare your arm. Foretell [Judea's] doom.
Ezekiel 4:12 Eat [your bread] like [you'd eat] barley cakes. Bake it in the [people's] sight. Use [dried] human poop [as fuel].”
Ezekiel 5:2 Then, to [symbolize] the coming siege, [place] 1/3 [of your hair] in the middle of your [model] city. Burn it with fire. Then take another 3rd [of your cut hair]. Stab it with a knife in various parts of the [model city]. Scatter the remaining 3rd part [of your hair] to the wind. [Thus warn the Israeli hypocrites that] I'm [about to] draw out a ‘sword’ and [chase them to the ends of the earth].
note: More prophetic performance art.
Ezekiel 12:4 In the daylight, with the [Israelis] watching, haul your possessions out [of your dwelling] like you're moving. Then exit the city while the [Israelis] watch. [Stumble, jolt and lurch in pain] like slave [drivers] are [whipping] you out [of town in chains].
note: Performance-missions.
ZechariYAH 11:11 [I break this shepherd's staff to illustrate how] contemporary [hypocrites constantly] shatter [YAH's sacred covenant(s)]. The humble [saints] of [heaven's] flock pay attention to me. They know that YHVH speaks to them [through these dramatic, prophetic actions].
note: Heaven's messengers communicate via prophetic arts. The devil's decoy-drones preach sermons.
Exodus 25:31 And make a menorah of pure beaten, sculpted gold. Make this candelabra's shaft, branches, cups, discs and flowers [all] of one piece.
Exodus 26:1 [YAH continues,] “Make the [worship] Sanctuary from 10 sheets of fine linen interwoven with blue, purple and red wool. Embroider the [tent] fabric with winged angels crafted by a skilled weaver [who is capable of making the identical artwork appear on both sides of the fabric].
note: Sanctuary = Mishkan (aka 'Tabernacle' which implies a dwelling place).
Exodus 37:9 The cherubim spread out their wings on high. Their wings shelter the cover. Their angel-faces [smile] toward each other, 😇. [Their heads] slightly tilt down toward the ark-cover.
Exodus 39:9 The [clothiers] double-over the breastplate to form a pouch one hand-span [9 inches] square.
Exodus 39:30 [Meanwhile, metal-workers] cast a pure gold [front] plate for [the High Priest's] holy turban, 😇. They engrave upon the plate an inscription, like the engravings on a signet-ring: “[THIS IS] HOLY, [DEDICATED] TO YHVH."
1st Kings 6:35 [Solomon's artisans] carve cherubim, palm trees and open flowers [on the entry doors]. [Metalworkers] cover the [doors] with gold inlaid into the carvings.
1st Kings 10:20 [Plus, Solomon's artists craft] 12 [more golden] lions standing guard. 6 [lions] on each side [of the throne]: (one [lion] for each step [per side]). No comparable throne [has] ever been made in any kingdom, 😇.
note: 6 + 6.
2nd Chronicles 3:10 Inside the Most-Holy Room, [Solomon's] workmen sculpt 2 cherubim. [Metalworkers] overlay these [angelic figures] with gold.
2nd Chronicles 3:11 [Solomon] makes the wings of the cherubim 20 cubits [35 feet] long. One wing of the first cherub stretches 5 cubits [8.75 feet]. [The wing] reaches to temple's [outer] wall. The other wing likewise [stretches] 5 cubits. It reaches the wing of the other cherub.
2nd Chronicles 3:14 [Solomon's cloth-workers] weave the [Most-Holy-Place's] curtain of blue and purple and crimson [royal yarn] and fine linen. [Seamstresses] embroider cherubim on this [curtain].
note: Or seamsters.
2nd Chronicles 4:2 Next Solomon's [artisans] craft a perfectly-round molten [baptismal] “Sea”. [It stretches] 10 cubits [17.5 feet] from brim to brim, five cubits [8.75 feet] high, 30 cubits [52.5 feet] in circumference.
2nd Chronicles 4:21 And [Solomon's artisans sculpt] the [temple's] flowers, lamps, tongs, [all] of gold—perfect gold, 😇!
2nd Chronicles 5:8 There the cherubim spread forth their wings over the ark's resting place. [The wings] form a canopy over the Ark and its [carrying] poles.
2nd Chronicles 9:11 So king [Solomon pays his craftsmen to craft] algum-tree [sandalwood] to build terraced [walkways] for YHVH's temple and [Jerusalem's] royal palace. And for [Israel's temple] singers, [Solomon's craftsmen use this exotic wood to build] harps and guitars besting any [instruments] ever seen in the land of Judaea.
note: Good leaders pay and provide tools for musicians. Bad leaders let musicians starve.
2nd Chronicles 9:15 [With some of this money,] king Solomon {Peace-Man} crafts 200 [ornamental] shields of hand-hammered gold. [Solomon's metal-artists pour] 600 shekels [15 pounds] of gold into each shield.
note: Each shield = the price of a luxury mansion.
2nd Chronicles 9:18 6 attached steps rise up to the throne, which is [sculpted] in one piece with armrests on each side of the seat. 2 [gold] lions stand beside each arm, above [Solomon's] solid-gold footstool!
Psalms 45:13 The royal princess shines, 😇. [She's] absolutely glorious in her wrought-gold wedding gown and embroidered royal robes.
Ezekiel 4:1 Then, ‘son of Adam’, take a clay slab. Lay it before your face. On it, draw the city of Jerusalem.
note: Babylonian inscription-bricks measure 14"x12" (inches). Again, so much for the bogus theory that Moses forbade representational drawing.
Ezekiel 4:8 Then watch: I'll [supernaturally] tie you with ropes so you can't turn from one side to the other. [I'll do this every day] until you've ended the [430] days of your [mock] siege.
note: Or the less surreal: ‘I'm commanding you to get tied up with ropes...’
Ezekiel 12:6 While [your neighbors] watch, carry your pack out on your shoulders. Lug your stuff out [of town] at twilight. And cover your face so you can't see the land [you're leaving]. I'm making you into a [living] symbol [of the persecution coming to] the [wicked] House of Israel.”
Ezekiel 21:16 [Swing your sword] to the left. Then [run] to the right. Go wherever you set your face.
note: Again, these are instructions for how to perform prophetic art in public. Follow these steps and you're sure to draw a crowd, including police. Try to secure the city's permission before putting on this show, to keep yourself from being arrested for disturbing the peace, inciting a riot, endangering the public, etc.
Ezekiel 37:20 [Hold] the sticks (on which you write) in your hand before your [audience's] eyes.
note: Again, prophetic performance art.
Ezekiel 41:19 A man's face looks toward the palm tree on the one side. A sheltered-lion's face looks toward the palm tree on the other side. [Similar artwork] surrounds the entire temple.
Exodus 25:18 Sculpt onto the two ends of the cover two [winged angels] of hand-hammered gold.
Exodus 25:32 [Make] 6 branches extend from the sides of the menorah: 3 candlestick branches rising from one side, 3 candlestick branches rising from the other side.
note: 6 side-branches represent man, and man's work, which must be centered around YAH and His work. Worldly governments, schools and religions only provide the meaningless peripheral branches without the center. Here "side" = (the ordinary) Zad, one of 17 Hebrew words for ‘side.’
Exodus 25:33 On each of the [menorah's] 6 branches, sculpt 3 cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with calyx and petals, identical [and symmetrically arranged on each side].
Exodus 31:4 [I've empowered My artist to] devise masterful works, crafted in gold, and in silver, and in brass;
Exodus 31:5 [And I've given My artist skill to] cut and set [gem]-stones, to sculpt wood, and [to perform] every other kind of [artistic] workmanship.
Exodus 37:7 [Next the artisans] sculpt two cherubim onto the two ends of the cover, hand-hammered out of one block of gold.
Exodus 37:19 Each of the 6 branches support 3 decorative flowers shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
Exodus 37:20 From the central shaft [of the menorah] sprout 4 cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its ring of outer leaves and petals.
Exodus 39:3 [Metalsmiths] hand-hammer gold into thin plates. Then they cut [the plates] into wiry threads. [They] weave it into the blue, purple & scarlet yarn, and [into] the fine linen, with amazingly skilled artistry.
Exodus 39:10 The [clothiers] set into [the breastplate] 4 rows of stones, 😇. The 1st row contains a sardius [carnelian], a topaz and an emerald.
Exodus 39:15 [Next,] the [jewelers] skillfully braid chains of pure gold, 😇. [They attach these chains to] the ends of the breastplate.
1st Kings 6:18 [Solomon's artisans] carve the cedar inner [walls] of the temple with buds and open flowers. The cedar completely covers all the temple's inner stone.
1st Kings 6:24 Each wing of each cherub measures [about] 8 feet. Thus each cherub's wingspan extends about 16 feet.
1st Kings 7:14 [This Hiram,] the omni-talented brass-sculptor, [is] the son of a widow (from the tribe of Naphtali {Wrestler}) and a father from Tyre {Rock-Port}. [Hiram] travels [~100km southeast] to [Jerusalem to work for] king Solomon {Peace-Man}. [Hiram] executes all [Solomon's] designs with comprehensive wisdom and understanding.
note: The widow joined the tribe of Naphtali by marriage, but was born into the tribe of Dan. (2 Chr. 2:14).
1st Kings 10:12 King [Solomon] uses the precious hardwood to make columns for the temple of YHVH and for the royal palace, and also [to craft] lyres and lutes for [temple] singers. To this day, 😇, no such precious wood has arrived in or even been seen [in Judaea].
note: Not sandalwood because that was found in 2 Chr 2:8.
1st Chronicles 28:12 Through [YAH's sacred] spirit, [David] receives all these designs, including the courts of the temple of YHVH, its surrounding chambers, the treasuries of Elohim's sanctuary, and the treasuries for donated [gifts].
note: True artistic inspiration only comes from YHVH.
2nd Chronicles 3:7 Next [Solomon] overlays the temple ([including] its beams, posts, walls and doors) with gold! [Then his craftsmen] engrave cherubim on the walls.
2nd Chronicles 3:17 Next [Solomon's engineers] raise up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Solomon yells, “The name [of the pillar] on the right hand is Jachin {Establisher}. And the name of the [pillar] on the left is Boaz {Stabilizer}!“ [The crowd cheers!]
2nd Chronicles 4:3 Into the Sea's casting [mold], below the Sea's rim, [sculptors forge] two rows of ox-like figures all around: ten [ox-carvings] per [21-inch] cubit. Then the [men] use [cranes] to pour [tons of melted brass from giant cauldrons into the mold].
2nd Chronicles 4:5 This “sea” measures 1 handbreadth [3 inches] thick. Its brim resembles the brim of a cup. [Artisans engrave the rim] with lily-flowers. [Water-engineers] fill the [Sea] with 3000 baths [16500 gallons] of water, 😇.
2nd Chronicles 4:12 The list of [Huram's finished works] includes the [temple's] two [huge] columns, including their globe-shaped capitals encircled by networks of [gold] chains;
JeremiYAH 52:22 [Soldiers] smash down the 5-cubit [8.75 foot] high brass capitals atop [the first pillar]. Down crash the artistic-network of solid brass pomegranates surrounding the capitals. Then the [attackers] smash the 2nd pillar. Its pomegranates [fall to smash the heads of onlookers, 😇]!
note: Art elevates society. War kills art.
Ezekiel 12:18 [YAH] says, “‘Son of Adam,’ as you eat your food [in public,] shake [like you're terrified]. Drink your water with anxious, trembling [hands].
note: Prophetic drama.
Ezekiel 21:19 [YAH] says, “Then, ‘son of Adam’, [draw a map on Jerusalem's courthouse lawn. On your map,] mark out the two paths that the Babylonian Emperor's war-sword is taking [to conquer the promised land]. Both paths come forth out of one [northern] land. Then set up [and engrave] a sign-post [warning of the war]. Display it at the head of the road into [Jerusalem] city.
note: More prophetic performance art.
Exodus 25:20 Sculpt the angels stretching their wings high above, covering the ark's lid with their wings, their faces looking at each other and pointed [slightly down] toward the ark's cover [and the blood on it].
note: Looking toward the crucifixion.
Exodus 25:37 Make 7 lamps for the menorah. Mount the [lamps] so that they shine light on the face [of the table] in front of it.
Exodus 28:12 Put the two stones on the vest's shoulder-pieces. Their [shiny glinting will] remind [everyone of] the [amazing, tumultuous lives of the original] sons of Israel. This way Aaron will bear the [Patriarchs'] names before YHVH upon his two shoulders, as a memorial [of how the Patriarchs messed up in life, but how YHVH ultimately redeemed them].
note: The engravings lie on
the heart, representing love and spirit,
the shoulders, representing strength,
and the forehead, representing the will.

These stones and engravings artistically embody the Greatest Commandment: Love YHVH with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.

Exodus 36:8 [Hundreds of sanctuary] craftsmen buzz around, 😇, working. The most ingenious-hearted [artisans] fashion the Tent out of 10 pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple and red [wool], embroidered with figures of winged [angels].
Exodus 37:23 [Next the metalsmiths] forge [the menorah's] 7 lamps, its tongs, its [snuffing] trays, [all] of pure gold.
note: “Tongs” may mean “wick-trimmers.”
Exodus 39:8 [Meanwhile, weavers] sew the breastplate using expert [apparel] design skills. [They] match the design of the vest, using finely-woven linen [embroidered] with gold, blue, purple & scarlet yarn.
Exodus 39:13 Finally, the 4th row [of the breastplate gleams] with a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. All [the gems sparkle, reflecting their] settings of gold filigree.
Exodus 39:24 On the robe's bottom hem, the [clothiers] embroider pomegranates, 😇, using blue, purple & scarlet yarn, and woven linen.
1st Kings 6:20 The oracle-room measures 35 x 35 x 35 feet. [Solomon's men] completely overlay it with pure gold. A gold-covered cedar altar [stands in front, for burning incense].
note: 20 cubits ≅ 35 feet.
1st Kings 6:21 Similarly, Solomon {Peace-Man} overlays the entire inner temple with pure gold. His [artisans] craft chains of gold. [These chains form a curtain] in front of the gold-plated oracle-room.
1st Kings 6:25 The cherubim perfectly match each other, 😇.
1st Kings 6:28 And [Solomon] overlays the cherubim with gold.
1st Kings 7:15 [Hiram] casts two pillars of brass, both 18 cubits [31.5 feet] high, by 21 feet in circumference.
1st Kings 7:18 On each pillar-top, [Hiram] encircles the chains with 2 rows of [sculpted] pomegranates.
1st Kings 7:19 [Hiram] tops the porch-pillars with 6-foot-high sculpted lilies.
1st Kings 7:21 Next [Hiram] erects the pillars on the temple portico. Upon erecting the right-hand pillar, [Hiram] names it Jachin {Security}. On erecting the left-hand pillar, [Hiram] names it Boaz {Stability}.
1st Kings 7:36 On [each cart] panel's sides and corners [Hiram] engraves appropriately-placed cherubim, lions and palm-trees, surrounded by arabesque [patterns].
1st Kings 7:40 And [Hiram] crafts ash-pots, and [ash] shovels, and [sprinkling] basins. Thus Hiram {White} finishes sculpting all the art-pieces [designed by] king Solomon {Peace-Man} for the temple of YHVH.
1st Kings 7:49 And [Solomon's craftsmen hammer-sculpt 10] pure-gold menorahs, complete with flowers, lamps and tongs of gold. [Engineers and crane-hoisting muscle-men lift and place] 5 [menorahs] on the right side [opposite] 5 [more] on the left side of the Sanctuary, in front of the oracle-room.
1st Kings 10:19 [Solomon designs] the throne with 6 steps. A round canopy [drapes atop it]. [Huge] arm-supports flank either side of the seat. Two lions stand [guard] beside the arms.
note: 6 = the number of man, not YAH.
1st Chronicles 28:13 [YAH's spirit also gives David] the duty-schedules of the Cohanim {Priests} and the Levites, among all the workers on duty in the temple of YHVH, and [the designs] for all the tools [and utensils the priests] use in the temple of YHVH.
1st Chronicles 28:18 And [YAH gives David] weight [data] for constructing the altar of incense in refined gold. And [YAH dictates weights of] gold and designs for [sculpting] the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim who spread out their wings to cover the ark of the covenant of YHVH.
1st Chronicles 29:5 [I'm giving tons of] gold to [make] gold [treasures], and silver [to make] silver [treasures], and [materials] for all kinds of work to be crafted by the hands of artisans. So who else is willing to fill his hand today [with sacred gifts] to [honor] YHVH?”
2nd Chronicles 2:7 So [please immediately] send me a man skilled in crafting in gold, silver, brass, iron and [royal fabrics made of] purple and crimson and blue [yarn] — a man who has the skill to engrave with the expert artists my father David [paid and trained, who work] here with me in Judaea, [especially in] Jerusalem.
2nd Chronicles 3:5 [Solomon's men] panel [the ceiling of] the main [great] hall with cypress lumber. [They] overlay [the lumber] with fine gold. They emboss [the gold] with [artwork resembling] palm trees and chains.
note: So, obviously, representational art is not forbidden by the Mosaic Law.
2nd Chronicles 3:6 And to [dazzle all eyes with] beauty, [Solomon] decorates the temple with precious stones and gold—[the finest] gold (from Parvaim).
IsaiYAH 19:19 In that day Egyptians erect an altar [honoring] YHVH in the middle of their territory. Even at their border[s] they stand monument[s] to honor YHVH.
JeremiYAH 27:3 Send [similar human-yokes] to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammon-spawn, and to the king of Tyre {Rock-Port}, and to the king of Sidon {Fish-City}. [Send the yokes to those lands via] the hand[s] of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to [make unholy alliances with] Judea's king ZedekYah {YAH's-Right}.
Ezekiel 41:18 The [carvings] alternate cherubim and palm trees, 😇. One palm tree stands between each pair of cherubs. Every cherub has two faces.
Exodus 25:34 On the central shaft of the menorah, sculpt 4 cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its ring of outer leaves and petals.
Exodus 26:31 Get a skilled master-weaver to craft a [separating] veil of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely-woven linen. [Embroider] it with winged angels, [so viewers on both sides of the veil can simultaneously see the angels].
Exodus 27:2 Craft a horn on each of the altar's 4 corners. [Pour] the horns in one piece with the altar. Overlay the whole altar with brass.
Exodus 27:16 For the gateway of the courtyard, install a 20 cubit [30 foot] screen made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen. Make [this screen] colorful. [Hire] skilled weaver[s] to make it. Install it on 4 posts on 4 bases.
Exodus 28:2 For your brother Aaron [to wear], make sacred apparel expressing [divine] dignity and splendor.
note: Glory & beauty, same as Christ in Heb 2:9 and 2 Pe1:17. Aaron is a prefiguration of Christ, the priest. See Matt 17:1-8. All these garments and rituals are symbolic.
Exodus 28:5 Have [the artisans] use gold [and] blue [and] purple & scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
Exodus 28:11 Have an expert stone-artisan engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel, like the engravings on a signet [ring]. Place the [stones] in settings of gold.
Exodus 28:15 And with expert workmanship, make the breastplate [the priest will wear when he] judges [law cases]. [Make it] with the same workmanship as the vest. Color it with gold, blue, purple, scarlet. Use finely-woven linen.
Exodus 28:20 Finally, in the [breastplate's] 4th row, [install] a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. Set all [12 gems] in gold filigree.
Exodus 28:21 These stones correspond to the names of the twelve sons of Isra’el. So engrave [the gems] with [Israel's boys'] names. [Cut the names into the rocks as a stone-mason] would engrave a [royal] seal, [to show that the stones] represent Israel's 12 tribes.
note: Art signifies spiritual realities.
Exodus 28:35 Aaron must wear the robe when he serves. The bells will jingle when he enters the Holy Room while he is serving [Me,] YHVH. And they'll jingle when he goes out. [You may think this is funny, but if Aaron doesn't wear the jingle bells, I'll] kill him!
Exodus 31:6 And you watch: To [my artists,] I supply [helpers]: Aholiab {Father's-Tent}, the son of Ahisamach {Brother-Of-Support}, of the tribe of Dan {Judge}. I install wisdom in the hearts of all my craftsmen, so they can build everything I've commanded you [to build].
note: What YAH commands, He enables.
Exodus 31:8 [And My artisans soon build] the [sacred] table with its utensils, and the pure [gold] menorah with all its utensils, and the incense altar.
Exodus 31:9 [And My artisans will build] the altar for smoke-roasting [donated meat], with all its utensils, and the washbasin and its base;
Exodus 31:10 [And My embroiderers and spinners will weave] the [priestly] clothes, including the sacred garments for [High] priest Aaron and his sons to [wear while] they serve, doing [their] priestly functions;
Exodus 35:32 [YAH has given the craftsman talent to] design amazing works of gold, silver and brass, 😇.
Exodus 35:35 [YAH] has filled [his craftsmen] with skill to do all kinds of work, [for instance as] engravers, designers/architects/engineers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers — all of them master craftsmen and designers.”
Exodus 37:8 A cherub on each end faces the cherub on the other end. [These angelic forms] rise seamlessly out of the [ark] cover, 😇. The cherubim flow [gracefully] out of the cover's edges.
Exodus 38:9 [Then the craftsmen] build the courtyard. On the south side of the courtyard, facing south, [workers hang] 100 cubit-long [artistic] tapestries of finely-woven linen.
Exodus 39:5 [Then, 😇, weavers sew] the decorated belt on the vest as one piece of the same workmanship: of gold, blue, purple & scarlet yarn and finely-woven linen, as YHVH commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:11 In the second row [of the breastplate shine] a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond.
Exodus 39:14 The stones match the names [in order of birth] of the 12 sons of Israel, engraved with each man's name, like the inscriptions on a signet ring, 😇. Every stone bears the name of one of [Israel's] 12 tribes.
Exodus 39:17 Then the [jewelers] put the two twisted chains of gold into the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
Exodus 39:18 [The clothiers] fasten 2 ends of the 2 twisted chains onto the [breastplate's] 2 settings. [Then] they attach [the other two chain-ends] to the front of the vest's shoulder-pieces.
Exodus 39:25 [Meanwhile, 😇, jewelers cast] bells of pure gold. [The clothiers] attach these [bells] among the pomegranates on the hem of the robe, in line with and alternating with the pomegranates.
Exodus 39:28 And [the clothiers weave] a turban of fine linen, [among other] splendid headgear of fine linen. And [they weave] finely-woven white linen undergarments.
Exodus 39:31 [Clothiers] tie a [rich] blue cord [to the metal plate]. They fasten [the cord & plate] high up on the turban, 😇, as YHVH commanded Moses.
Joshua 4:3 Command these [12 leaders]. Say, “[Each of you] take a boulder from the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], from the exact spot where the priests’ feet stand. Carry these 12 stones across with you [to the West Bank]. Leave the [stones] at the site where you'll camp tonight.’”
1st Samuel 6:5 Make art-sculptures of the tumors and rats that are devastating [your] country. This will bring glory to the Elohim of Israel. Then maybe he'll lift his fist [from smacking] you and your gods, and your land.
1st Kings 6:31 For the entrance to the oracle-room, [Solomon] makes doors out of olive-tree-wood. [Carpenters set the doors] into a lintel, with side posts shaped as a 5-sided [arch].
1st Kings 6:33 And for the door of the temple, [Solomon's artisans make] 4-sided doorposts of olive tree-wood, [giving the doorway a roughly octagonal shape].
1st Kings 6:34 [Solomon's artisans] craft the temple entry door from cypress wood. Each door [sports] two folding leaves.
note: Or: ‘fir/pine wood’.
1st Kings 7:2 [Solomon] builds [this] palace of wildwood from the Lebanon {White-Forest} [mountains]. [The palace measures] 175 feet long [by] 87.5 feet wide [by] 52.5 feet high. 4 rows of cedar pillars support the [palace's] cedar [ceiling] beams.
note: The commercial translations imply another building in Lebanon that has nothing to do with this chapter about building the palace in Jerusalem. Literal Hebrew: and·he-is-building house-of wildwood-of the·Lebanon This verse may refer to only one main hall in the palace.
1st Kings 7:4 [On each of the palace's side-walls, Solomon's carpenters] install symmetrical rows of windows streaming light into each other.
1st Kings 7:5 [Solomon makes] all [of the palace hall's] doors and posts square, and symmetrically-placed, as with the windows, in 3 stories. So [beams of] light stream across the palace.
1st Kings 7:9 [Solomon builds] all these [buildings] of costly stones, cut-to-measure and finished with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the eaves, all the way outside to the ‘great courtyard.’
1st Kings 7:13 [Then] king Solomon {Peace-Man} sends [envoys] to fetch [a master artisan named] Hiram {White} from Tyre {Rock-Coast}.
1st Kings 7:17 [Hiram drapes] each pillar-cap with 7 sets of latticework and interwoven chains.
1st Kings 7:20 [Hiram] encircles the tops of each pillar with 200 [sculpted] pomegranates in rows, above the bowl-shaped section, close to the chains.
1st Kings 7:22 [The crowd scans from the pillar-bases up] to the lily work at the very pillar-tops. [They gasp at] the completed [work of artistic and structural brilliance].
1st Kings 7:24 [Hiram] surrounds the underside of the brim of the ‘Sea’ with 2 rows of decorative gourds, 10 per cubit, cast simultaneously with the ‘Sea.’
1st Kings 7:26 [Hiram makes] the ‘Sea’ 1 hand-breadth thick, its rim sculpted like the brim of a cup, with lily-flowers, with a normal [usage] capacity of 2000 baths [11,000 gallons]!
note: The ‘Sea’ could actually hold 3000 baths, but, like any bathtub, it was not normally filed to 100% capacity.
1st Kings 7:29 On the panels between each [cart's] corner-posts, [Hiram carves images of] lions, oxen and cherubim. On the frames, above and underneath the lions and bulls, [Hiram hammers] spiral ornaments.
1st Kings 7:30 On each of these [water] carts, [Hiram mounts] 4 bronze wheels with bronze axles. At each [cart's] four corners, [Hiram pours] molten bronze supports for a wash-basin. He decorates these supports with spiral-wreath engravings.
1st Kings 7:39 [Hiram] installs five of these water-trolleys on the right side of the temple, and five on the left side of the temple. And he sets the ‘Sea’ on the right side of the temple, facing southeast.
1st Kings 7:48 Solomon's [craftsmen] sculpt all the vessels belonging to the temple of YHVH, and the gold [plated] altar, and the gold [plated] table to host the sacred bread.
1st Kings 7:50 And [Solomon's craftsmen] make bowls, snuffers, basins, spoons and fire-pans of pure gold, plus gold hinges for the doors of the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of main hall of the temple.
1st Kings 7:51 Thus king Solomon {Peace-Man} finishes making all the [furnishings] for YHVH's temple. And Solomon brings in the [treasures] his father [king] David had dedicated, including silver and gold [artworks] and utensils. [Solomon's priests] install [all these relics] among the valuables in the temple of YHVH.
1st Chronicles 28:11 Then [king] David gives his son (Solomon {Peace-Man}) [his] blueprints for the [temple] porch, halls, treasuries, upper chambers, inner parlors, and the [Most Holy] room to [house] the [ark and all it] cover[s].
1st Chronicles 28:14 [And YAH's spirit] gives [David] the list of weights for gold utensils and every other instrument of whatever kind of service, and [a schedule of] weights for making all the silver articles of every type of use.
1st Chronicles 28:15 [YAH's spirit tells David] the weight for the [temple's] golden menorahs and their gold lamps, including the gold candlesticks and their lamps, and the weights for each silver menorah, including their candlesticks and lamps, and [weight specifications] for every other type of candlestick of whatever use.
1st Chronicles 29:2 —Now with all my might I've prepared (for the house of my Elohim) the gold for items [YAH wants sculptors] to forge from gold, and the silver for things [YAH wants sculptors to] craft from silver, and the brass for brass [artworks], the iron for iron [works], and wood for woodworks and onyx stones, and stones [you'll] set, plus glistening stones, various colored stones, all kinds of precious stones, and [thousands of tons] of marble stones.
2nd Chronicles 3:12 The first wing of the 2nd cherub [likewise] stretches 5 cubits [8.75 feet]. It reaches to temple's [other] wall. The other wing likewise [stretches] 5 cubits. It reaches the wing of the [1st] cherub. [This symbolizes YAH's protection completely covering his holy people, 😇.]
2nd Chronicles 3:15 In front of the temple, [Solomon] builds 2 pillars, each 35 cubits [61.25 feet] high. Five-cubit [8.75 feet high] capitals crown each [pillar].
2nd Chronicles 4:10 Then [Solomon's engineers use Elephant-powered machines to] set the ‘Sea’ in the right side of [the temple], toward the southeast.
2nd Chronicles 4:13 —and [a total of] 400 pomegranate [sculptures] in two rows encircling each of the two [sets] of chain-networks covering the capitals atop these columns.
2nd Chronicles 4:15 [Huram crafts] one ‘Sea’, and [the] 12 oxen supporting it.
2nd Chronicles 4:20 And [Solomon's artisans] craft the pure gold Menorahs with their lamps [Moses] specified to burn [constantly] before the oracular [room].
2nd Chronicles 4:22 Likewise, [Solomon's artisans sculpt] the [temple's] lamp-snuffers, sinks, spoons and censers, [all] of pure gold. And they [sculpt] the temple's entrance, and the inner doors for the most holy place, and the doors of the temple's main [eating] hall, [all] of gold, 😇!
Psalms 45:8 The palatial ivory [hall shines with celestial perfection, 😇]: the clothes, the myrrh, the aloes, the cassia [incense], the stringed-instruments, the lights [of joy].
JeremiYAH 19:1 So YHVH replies, “Go, [Jeremiah]. Buy a potter's clay bottle. Take some community elders, and some old priests.
note: The following is a prime example of creative communication.
JeremiYAH 52:23 96 [brass] pomegranate [sculptures] fall from each side of the [two pillars]. Then [from each pillar] another 100 pomegranates chained-together fall [to the temple's gilded marble floor].
Ezekiel 4:11 Also ration your drinking water to 2/3 quart per day. Sip it from time to time.
note: A gallon a day is more healthy, but this is performance art, not health advice.
Ezekiel 12:9 “‘Son of Adam,’ the house of Israel, that pack of rebels, keep asking you, ‘What are you doing?’
note: Real Biblical communication provokes intense curiosity, not boredom.
Ezekiel 27:7 You spread forth your sails of fine [shining] linen [boasting] embroidered artwork from Egypt. You cover your [ships] with blue and purple [royal fabric] from the isles of EliShah {El-Saves}.
Ezekiel 41:20 From the ground to above [each] door/portal, cherubim {angels} and palm trees grace the temple's sidewall[s].
Ezekiel 43:11 If the [Israelis] become ashamed of all the [crimes] they commit, show them the elevation and plan of [my] temple, its exits and entrances, all its details and decorations, and all its specifications, its design and its operating-instructions. Sketch it for the [Jews] to see, so that they can observe the entire design with its [underlying moral] principles, and carry out those [ideals in action].
note: Good architecture is guided by moral principles and a desire to help people.
Exodus 25:17 Make a cover of pure gold [for the ‘ark’ box], 2.5 cubits [3.75 feet] long and 1.5 cubits [2.25 feet] wide.
note: Called a propitiatory cover, referring to the ritually ‘cleansing’ blood which priests would sprinkle on it, foreshadowing the crucifixion. Not merely gold-plated, but solid gold, symbolizing the complete re-creation of the soul the Creator gives, contrasted with the superficial white-wash that religion offers.
Exodus 25:19 [Rather than just] setting a cherub on each end, [in which case the angel sculptures could easily fall off and shatter], pour both angels as one piece with the ark cover.
Exodus 25:35 Where each pair of branches join the central shaft, sculpt a ring of outer leaves of one piece with the pair of branches — [3 symmetrical] ring-leaves connecting to the 6 side-branches of the menorah.
Exodus 25:36 Craft the [menorah's] buds and their branches as one piece — all one hammered sculpture of pure gold.
Exodus 26:4 Embroider blue loops on the edge of the outermost sheet in the 1st set. Do the same on the edge of the outermost sheet in the second set.
Exodus 26:6 Make 50 [hooked] fasteners of gold. Couple the [roof] curtains together with the fasteners, so that the tent forms a single unit.
Exodus 26:30 Erect the Sanctuary according to the design [of the heavenly tent] which [My angel] showed you, [Moses], on the mountain.
note: All art and design is based on inspiration from heaven.
Exodus 27:17 Band all the posts all the way around the courtyard with silver. Stand the [posts] in bases of bronze.
Exodus 28:4
To help your brother Aaron and his sons serve me, have [the artisans] fashion the following sacred priestly garments:
- a breastplate,
- a vest,
- a robe,
- an embroidered coat,
- a turban [or tiara],
- and a sash.
note: Turban means something wound around (the head).
Exodus 28:6 [Have the artisans] expertly craft the vest using gold, blue, purple and scarlet [elements], and finely-woven linen.
note: Vest= ephod, meaning ‘to bind,’ because the vest holds the whole outfit together. Aaron, Samuel and David wore this vest, each foreshadowing an aspect of Christ, the ultimate priest.
Exodus 28:8 Make the vest's integrated decorated belt of the same workmanship and materials — gold, blue, purple & scarlet yarn; and finely woven linen.
Exodus 28:10 [Inscribe] 6 of the [tribes'] names on one stone, and the other 6 [tribes'] names on the other stone, in order of their [Patriarchs'] births.
Exodus 28:17 In [the breast-piece], install settings of stones: (four rows of stones [representing the 12 tribes]). In the 1st row, install a carnelian, a topaz and an emerald.
note: 3x4 rows has another meaning: 3+4=7, the number of YAH and his perfection, as opposed to 6, representing man's rebellion and shortfall.
Exodus 28:18 In the [breastplate's] second row, install an emerald, a sapphire and a diamond.
Exodus 28:19 In the [breastplate's] 3rd row, install a turquoise [gem], an agate and an amethyst.
Exodus 28:22 [To attach] the breastplate [to the ephod] at each end, make skillfully-braided cords of pure gold.
Exodus 28:28 Then, with blue cords, attach the bottom rings of the chestpiece to the rings on the vest. This will hold the chestpiece securely to the vest above the decorated sash [so that the breastplate won’t swing loose from the vest].
Exodus 28:32 Cut an opening in middle of the top of [the vest]. Sew an expert woven binding around the hole, like the collar of a coat of mail, so no one can tear it.
Exodus 28:33 Make pomegranates out of blue, purple and scarlet yarn. Attach them to the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.
Exodus 28:39 Weave Aaron's patterned-tunic from fine linen cloth. Fashion the turban out of this linen as well. Also make him an embroidered sash.
Exodus 28:40 Likewise for Aaron’s sons [the assistant priests] make tunics, sashes and headgear expressing dignity and splendor.
Exodus 28:42 Also make linen underclothes for the [priests], to be worn next to their bodies, reaching from waist to thigh.
Exodus 30:1 [YAH's angel continues,] “Construct an altar on which to burn incense. Build it out of acacia wood.
Exodus 30:2 Make [the altar] 1 cubit long by 1 cubit wide, perfectly square at its base, and 2 cubits high. Carve its horns as one piece with the altar.
note: A waist-high pedestal.
Exodus 30:3 Overlay [the altar] with pure gold, on the top, on the sides all around, and [on] the horns. Crown it with gold [moulding] all around.
note: crown = flange.
Exodus 30:5 [Carve] the poles from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold.
Exodus 31:2 [YAH's angel] says, “Watch. I have called and authorized Bezale-El {Shadow-Of-El}, the son of Uri {Flame}, the son of Hur {Drill}, from the tribe of Judah {Celebrated}.
note: Art is a calling from heaven.
Exodus 31:7 [My artisans come to build] the congregational tent, the testimonial-Ark (and the [angel-sculpture] cover on it) and all the furniture of the tent.
Exodus 35:33 [The craftsman can] cut gem-stones, and set them, and carve wood, and perform all kinds of skilled work.
Exodus 37:1 [Then] BezaleEl {Shadow-Of-El} carves the Ark from acacia wood: 2.5 cubits [3.75 feet] long, 1.5 cubits wide, by 1.5 cubits high.
note: Presumably, all the following work was done under the supervision of Bezaleel.
Exodus 37:2 [Craftsmen] overlay [the ark] with pure gold, 😇, inside and out. Then [they] forge a crown of gold around its top.
Exodus 37:11 [Metal-smiths] overlay [the table] with pure gold, 😇. [They] pour a crown of gold around the tabletop.
Exodus 37:12 [Then the metalsmith] fashions a border one-handbreath [wide] surrounding the tabletop, [below the] crown of gold surrounding the [table's] border.
note: Exact arrangement unclear.
Exodus 37:13 [Then the metal-smiths] cast 4 rings of gold for the table. [They] install the rings on the [table's] 4 corners, near its 4 legs.
Exodus 37:16 [Then metalsmiths] make the utensils to lay on the table: its [dedicated] dishes, spoons, bowls and pitcher, all poured of pure [molten] gold, 😇!
Exodus 37:21 A ring of outer leaves [surrounds each junction] where each [of the 3] pairs of branches join the central shaft [of the menorah].
Exodus 38:18 [Weavers spin] the tapestry (for the courtyard gate) using needlework of blue, purple & scarlet [yarn] and finely-woven linen. The [gate's tapestry spans] 20 cubits long by 5 cubits high along its entire length, thus matching the main courtyard's tapestries.
Exodus 38:19 With silver hooks, [carpenters attach this gateway tapestry] to 4 silver-banded, silver-crowned posts sitting in 4 brass bases.
Exodus 39:2 [The artisans] weave the ritual vest from finely-woven linen [embroidered] with gold, blue, purple & scarlet yarn.
Exodus 39:12 In the 3rd row [of the breastplate shine] a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst, 😇.
Exodus 39:16 And the [jewelers] forge 2 settings of gold, and 2 gold rings, 😇. Then they put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
Exodus 39:22 Then, 😇, [the clothiers] weave a completely blue [outer] robe [for Aaron to wear over] the [ritual] vest.
Exodus 39:23 [Next the clothiers cut] a [neck] hole in the middle of the robe, like the hole in a coat of armor-mail. They [sew] a border surrounding the hole, to keep it from tearing.
Exodus 39:27 [Next, 😇,] the [clothiers] weave coats of fine, skillfully-designed linen for Aaron and for his sons [to wear while serving].
Exodus 39:29 [Next, 😇, the weavers] needle-knit a rare sash of finely-woven linen [interlaced] with blue, purple & scarlet yarn, as YHVH commanded Moses.
1st Kings 6:4 Solomon lines the temple walls with narrow clerestory windows [to let in sun] light.
1st Kings 6:8 [Solomon places] the entrance for the middle chamber on the right [south] side of the temple. [From the entrance,] a spiral staircase winds up through the middle floor and onto the 3rd [floor].
1st Kings 6:19 [Solomon] prepares the oracle-room inside the temple to receive the ark of the covenant of YHVH.
1st Kings 6:22 [That's right, 😇:] Solomon gold-plates every last inch of the whole temple! And he also overlays with gold the entire main altar near the oracle-room.
1st Kings 6:26 [Again, visualize this:] each cherub stands [about] 17 feet tall.
1st Kings 7:3 [Solomon's carpenters lay] a roof of cedar planks. 45 columns support these [roof planks]. [The men] arrange [the posts] in 3 rows of 15 beams each.
1st Kings 7:32 To each cart's axles, Hiram attaches 25 inch-high wheels under the [side] panels.
1st Kings 7:38 Then [Hiram] crafts 10 wash-basins of brass. Each washbasin contains 40 baths [220 gallons of water]. Every washbasin spans four cubits [7 feet]. [Hiram sets] one of these wash-basins on each cart.
1st Kings 7:44 —And the [giant] ‘sea’, with 12 oxen [statues] under the sea;
1st Kings 7:46 The king's [metallurgists] casts these [artworks] in the Jordan [river] plain, in the clay-ground between Sukkot {Tent-Town} and Zarethan {Pierce}.
1st Chronicles 28:16 And [YAH's spirit] shows David the weights of gold for the tables of sacred bread and [for] every [other] table, and likewise [weights of] silver for the silver tables.
1st Chronicles 28:17 [And YAH gives David weight targets for the] pure gold [which sculptors use to forge] the [temple's] meat-hooks, bowls, cups and golden basins. [YAH] gives weight [data] for each [gold] basin. [YAH] likewise [provides] silver weight [numbers] for every basin of silver.
2nd Chronicles 4:14 [Huram] also forges wash-basins on trolleys that [roll around].
2nd Chronicles 4:19 Plus, Solomon {Peace-Man} makes all the furnishings [and other accessories] for Elohim's sanctuary, including its golden altar, and the tables where [priests] set the holy bread.
JeremiYAH 52:21 To get an idea of the size of these pillars, 😇: each pillar stands 18 cubits [31.5 feet] high. A 12-cubit [21 foot] measuring line barely encircles one [pillar]. They're hollow, with 4-finger [3 inch] thick [walls]!
Ezekiel 27:24 These, your merchants, trade in your every conceivable type of merchandise: in blue [silk] clothes, in embroidered cloth-work, in rope-bound cedar chests storing rich apparel.
Ezekiel 41:17 Carvings cover the inside and outside walls of the Temple, up as high as above the doors.
Ezekiel 41:22 The altar of wood [measures] 3 cubits [5.25 feet] high by 2 cubits [3.5 feet] long, its corners, its length and its walls all of wood. The [brassy angel] says to me, “This is the table that [lies] before YHVH.”
Ezekiel 43:13 These are the measurements of the [small] altar in [special] cubits (1 normal cubit [18 inches] + plus 1 handbreadth [3 inches]): the base [should measure] one cubit [21 inches] deep by 1 cubit wide. The molding surrounding the [altar's] rim [should measure] about one hand-span [9 inches] wide.
note: Here ‘altar’ = ‘mizbeach,’ unlike in v 15 & 16.
Exodus 25:10 Have [carpenters] build an “ark” [box] of acacia wood: 2.5 cubits [3.75 feet] long, 1.5 cubits [2.25 feet] wide, and 1.5 cubits [2.25 feet] high.
Exodus 25:25 Make a rim one hand-width wide around the table. Sculpt a gold border around the rim.
Exodus 27:9 Make the courtyard of the Sacred-Dwelling [as follows]: On the south quarter, facing southward, install tapestries for the courtyard, made of finely woven linen, 100 cubits [150 feet] [per] side.
Exodus 27:18 The courtyard will [measure] 100 cubits [150 feet] long, by 50 cubits [75 feet] wide from end to end, with a height of five cubits [7.5 feet], [all lined with] finely-woven linen, and supported on brass pedestal-bases.
Exodus 28:3 Speak to all the craftsmen whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom. Have them craft Aaron’s garments. [Unique dress will] set Aaron apart for Me, to help him serve Me in the [tasks] of Cohen {Priest}.
note: Impressive clothing affects the opinions of unspiritual people, sometimes opening the door for them to receive spiritual advice. Yet John the Baptist and the Messiah wore humble clothing.
Exodus 28:7 [On the vest, make] the two shoulder-pieces join at their two edges, so the vest can be fastened together.
Exodus 28:9 And take two onyx stones. Engrave on them the names of the [original 12] sons of Israel:
Exodus 28:14 Install two chains of pure gold at the ends [of the settings]. Craft them like jewelry braids. Then fasten the twisted chains to the settings.
Exodus 28:34 Make the gold bells and pomegranates alternate all the way around the hem.
Exodus 28:37 With a blue cord, attach this medallion to the front of Aaron's turban.
note: Aaron was a raghead. Think about that before you knock the Muslims.
Exodus 36:35 [Meanwhile, expert cloth-workers weave] a veil of blue, and purple and scarlet [yarn], and finely-woven linen. [Embroiderers] skillfully weave cherubim [winged angels] into the fabric.
Exodus 36:36 [To support this veil, carpenters hew] 4 posts of acacia wood. [Metalworkers] overlay the [posts] with gold. And [the metal-smiths forge] golden hooks [to attach the veil. Then] the [metal-smiths] cast 4 silver bases [to receive] the [posts].
Exodus 36:37 [Meanwhile,] working with needles on blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely-woven linen, [weavers] embroider a hanging [screen] for the Sanctuary entrance.
Exodus 38:12 On the [shorter] west side, [the carpenters hang] 50-cubit long tapestries. [Men] attach the [cloth] by silver hooks and rings to 10 posts on 10 brass bases.
Exodus 38:16 [The weavers craft] all the hangings surrounding the courtyard of finely-woven linen.
Exodus 39:4 [Artisans] craft shoulderpieces for the ritual vest, to couple it together, fastened at its 2 edges.
Exodus 39:19 [Then] the [metal-smiths] craft two [more] gold rings. [The clothiers] install [these rings] on the 2 ends of [Aaron's] breastplate on the border facing in toward the vest.
Exodus 39:20 The [metal-smiths] cast 2 more golden rings, 😇. They attach these [rings] down low on the two front sides of [Aaron's] vest near the join, above the vest's decorated belt.
Exodus 39:21 [Then, 😇,] with a blue cord, the [clothiers] bind the breastplate's rings to the rings of the vest. The [rings] hold the breastplate above the vest's decorated belt, keeping the breastplate tightly secured to the vest, as YHVH commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:28 Then Moses hangs up the tapestry at the entrance to [YAH's most holy] Dwelling [Place].
1st Kings 6:5 [Solomon] builds buttressing chambers all along the back and sides of the temple walls. He also builds chambers surrounding the [Most Holy Room].
1st Kings 6:17 In front of the [most-holy-room,] the temple stretches 70 feet [to the front porch].
1st Kings 7:10 [Solomon lays the palace] foundation in huge expensive stone blocks, 14 to 18 feet long!
1st Kings 7:11 Above the [palace] foundation, [Solomon builds the walls of] expensive stones, shaped to size and [trimmed] with cedar.
1st Kings 7:16 And [Hiram] crafts two [elegant] capitals of molten brass to set on the tops of the pillars. Each cap stands 5 cubits [8.75 feet] high.
1st Kings 7:27 And [Hiram] crafts 10 brass [water-carrying] trolleys, each 4 cubits [7 feet] long by 4 cubits [7 feet] wide by 3 cubits [5.25 feet] high.
Ezekiel 41:7 The higher side-rooms surrounding the temple span wider than the lower floors, as do the passageways next to the side-rooms on each floor. So the width of the side-rooms plus that of the passageways increases as [we] go up from floor to floor. [We] ascend from the lowest floor to the highest [by a ramp] through the middle floor.
Ezekiel 41:25 On the doors of the temple, [artists] have carved cherubim and palm trees, similar to those [carved] on the [temple's] sidewalls. And thick planks [grace] the face of the outside portico.
Ezekiel 41:26 Narrow windows and palm trees flank both sides [of the temple], the sides of the porch, the temple's side chambers, and [its] thick planks.
Ezekiel 43:15 The [big cooking] hearth [measures] four cubits [7 feet] high; plus the 4 horns projecting upward from the altar.
note: Hearth = mount of El (har'El), sometimes written Ari'El (Lion of God). Despite millennia of misinterpretation and mistranslation, this is describing a giant sacred-feast cooking stove, not a place of burnt animal sacrifice.
Ezekiel 48:34 Finally, on the [city's] 4500-cubit west [seaward] side stand 3 gates: one gate [named after] Gad {Troop}, one gate [named after] Asher {Happy}, one gate [named after] Naphtali {Wrestler}.
Exodus 25:26 Make 4 rings of gold. Attach them to the table's 4 corners (near the feet).
Exodus 25:38 Make the [menorah's] candle snuffers, [tongs,] and trays out of pure gold.
Exodus 26:5 Make fifty loops on the one sheet. Then make fifty loops on the edge of the corresponding sheet in the second set. Position the loops opposite one another.
Exodus 26:36 For the entrance to the tent, make a screen of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen, colorfully embroidered.
Exodus 27:10 And erect 20 pillars [per side], with 20 base-sockets of brass. Make silver hooks and bands. [Install them on] the pillars.
note: Silver symbolizes redemption. Bronze/brass signifies judgment.
Exodus 27:11 Likewise, along the [tent's] north side, hang tapestries 100 cubits [150 feet] long, hung on 20 posts in twenty bronze socket-bases, with silver hooks and rings for the posts.
Exodus 28:13 Make the settings out of gold [filigree].
Exodus 28:16 When folded double, the chest-piece will be square: one hand-span [9 inches] long, by one hand-span wide.
Exodus 28:23 Also for the breastplate, make two gold rings. Attach the gold rings onto the two ends of the breastplate.
Exodus 28:24 Then connect the two twisted chains of gold to the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
Exodus 28:25 Take the other two ends of the two twisted chains fastened in the two settings. Attach them to the shoulder pieces on the front of the ritual vest [ephod].
Exodus 28:31 Make the robe of the ritual vest all of blue.
Exodus 36:18 [Then the craftsmen] fabricate 50 bronze clasps to hold the tent together, 😇, making it a single unit.
Exodus 36:19 [Then the craftsmen] weave the [inner] tent-cover out of tanned rams’ skins, and the [outer] tent-cover out of fine leather.
note: Fine-leather = perhaps antelope. Definitely not a badger. Often translated "sea cows," which means manatees.
Exodus 39:41 [Finally, 😇, clothiers carry in the] ministerial apparel for [priests to wear while] doing service[s] in the holy place, plus the holy garments for [High] priest Aaron, plus his sons’ clothes, to [wear while] serving in their priestly duties.
1st Kings 7:6 [And Solomon] makes a [covered] pillar-supported colonnade 50 cubits [87.5 feet] long by 30 cubits [52.5 feet] wide, fronted by a canopy supported by a thick beam.
1st Kings 7:8 Solomon's living quarters surround another courtyard behind (and built similarly to) the [palatial] hall. Solomon also makes a similar house for his [forbidden pagan] wife, Pharaoh's daughter.
1st Kings 7:31 On top of each cart, [Hiram crafts] a pedestal-like frame that's square on the outside but circular on the inside, 2.5 feet in diameter, to hold the wash-basin. [This frame] projects upward 18 inches from the top of the cart and 7 inches down into it. [Hiram] engraves carvings into it.
1st Kings 7:34 At [each of] the four corners of each washstand-cart, [Hiram crafts] a handle, cast in one piece with the cart.
Ezekiel 40:16 Narrow windows [flank] the chambers (and their posts) within the gate on every side. Similar [windows grace] the arched/vaulted corridors. Windows [also] surround the [temple's] interior. [Engraved] palm-trees grace each post.
Ezekiel 41:21 The posts [of the temple] sit square. Each face of the sanctuary mirrors the appearance of the other.
Ezekiel 41:24 The doors are [comprised of] two leaves apiece, two turning leaves. Two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
Ezekiel 43:14 The height of this [small] altar is as follows: from the bottom upon the ground all the way to the lower ledge measures 2 cubits [3.5 feet] by 1 cubit [21 inches] wide. And from the lower ledge all the way to the upper ledge, 4 cubits [7 feet] by 1 cubit [21 inches] wide.
Ezekiel 46:22 These 4 enclosed corner courtyards measure 40 cubits [70 feet] long by 30 [cubits (52.5 feet)] wide. All these corner courtyards [measure] the same size.
Ezekiel 48:30 A list follows of the city's exit gates, beginning on the [city's] north side, which measures 4500 cubits.
Ezekiel 48:31 The gates of the city are named after the tribes of Israel. [The] 3 north gates are as follows: one gate [named after] Reuben {Look-a-Son}, one gate [named after] Judah {Celebrated}, one gate [named after] Levi {Uniter}.
Ezekiel 48:33 Likewise, on the [city's] southern 4500-cubit edge stand 3 gates: one gate [named after] Simeon {Listener}, one gate [named after] Issachar {Reward}, one gate [named after] Zebulun {House}.
Exodus 25:24 Overlay the table with pure gold. Surround its [top] with gold crown [molding].
note: 3 crown molds: the Ark's crown symbolizes Law. The incense table's crown symbolizes priesthood. The bread-table's crown symbolizes the 12 tribes.
Exodus 25:27 [Place the rings] parallel to the table top. The [rings] will serve as holders for the poles [men] use to carry the table.
Exodus 25:29 [To go with the ark], make [matching] dishes, pans, bowls and pitchers of pure gold.
Exodus 26:8 Make each curtain-sheet 30 cubits [45 feet] long, by 4 cubits [6 feet] high. Make all 11 curtain-sheets the same size.
Exodus 26:9 Sew 5 of the curtains together into one set, and the other 6 into another set. Fold the 6th curtain double at the front of the tent.
Exodus 26:10 Stitch 50 loops along the edge of the end panel, and [likewise,] 50 loops along the edge of the joining panel.
Exodus 27:12 Across the width of the courtyard on the west quarter, hang tapestries 50 cubits [75 feet] long, attached to 10 posts on 10 bases.
Exodus 27:14 Inside the gate, hang 15-cubit [22.5 foot] long tapestries on 3 pillars on 3 bases.
note: For one side (shoulder) of the gateway.
Exodus 27:19 Make all the equipment needed for every kind of service in the sanctuary-tent, as well as the tent pegs for the tent and for the courtyard, of bronze.
Exodus 28:26 Make two gold rings. Put them on the two ends of the breastplate, at its edge, on the side facing inward toward the vest.
Exodus 28:27 Fashion two other rings of gold. Attach them low on the front part of the vest’s two shoulder-pieces, near the join, above the vest’s decorated belt.
Exodus 36:11 [The craftsmen weave] blue loops onto the edges of the outermost curtains of each of the two sets.
Exodus 36:13 And [the craftsmen] fabricate 50 gold hooks. Then they join the curtains together with the hooks. Thus they form one big tent.
Exodus 36:14 And [other craftsmen] weave 11 curtains of goats’ hair. [They install the curtains as] a roof covering over the tent.
Exodus 36:16 [The craftsmen] join 5 of these sheets together to make one set. [Then they join] the 6 remaining sheets into a second set.
Exodus 37:14 [The metalsmith places] the rings close to the table's rim, 😇, to hold the carrying poles.
Exodus 37:26 [Then metals-smiths] overlay [the incense altar] with pure gold: on the top, and on all its walls, and on its horns. [Then they pour] a gold crown-moulding all around the [altar's] top.
Exodus 38:13 Same for the east side, facing east: 50 cubit-long [tapestries with the same mounting structure].
Exodus 38:14 Beside the [sanctuary entry] gate, [carpenters hang] 15-cubit long tapestries [ring-hooked] to 3 posts [standing] on 3 bases.
Exodus 38:15 Likewise for the other side of the court gate: [carpenters hang] symmetrical tapestries 15 cubits-long, [ring-hooked to] 3 posts on 3 bases per side.
Exodus 38:23 Besides BezaleEl {Shadow-Of-El}, [Moses credits] AholiAb {Father's-Tent} (son of AhiSamach {Brother-Of-Support} of the tribe of Dan {Judge}). [Moses recognizes Aholiab as] an engraver, and an expert craftsman, and an embroiderer of blue, purple & scarlet yarn and fine linen.
Exodus 39:26 That is: bell, pomegranate, bell, pomegranate, all around the hem of [Aaron's] ministerial robe, 😇, as YHVH commanded Moses.
1st Kings 6:10 The cedar beams of the buttressing structure rest on the outside walls of the Temple. The rooms in the buttressing structure stand 8.75 feet tall.
1st Kings 7:28 [Hiram] constructs these [carts] with side panels braced with crossbars/corner-posts.
1st Kings 7:35 Around the top of each cart, [Hiram wraps] a 10-inch [structural] band as one piece with the cart's supports and panels.
1st Kings 7:37 Hiram makes these 10 washstand/carts all identical, all cast in the same mold.
1st Kings 7:41 [To sum up, Hiram's work includes:] two pillars, and the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the two pillars; and the two networks [of chains] covering the two bowl-like capitals atop the pillars;
1st Kings 7:42 —And 400 pomegranates around the two [chain] networks, in two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-like capitals atop the pillars;
1st Kings 7:43 —And the 10 water-carts, and 10 wash-basins sitting on the [carts].
1st Kings 7:45 —And the ash-pots, and the shovels, and the [sprinkling] basins. Hiram {White} makes all these vessels of bright brass for king Solomon {Peace-Man}, for the temple of YHVH.
Ezekiel 40:10 Three alcoves flank the east gateway on each side. Each set of 3 [rooms] measure identically. The posts [of the vaulted corridors] also match in length and width on each side.
Ezekiel 41:4 So [the angel-man enters the inner room. He] says to me, ‘This is the most holy place.’ He measures its length at 20 cubits [35 feet]; and its width [equally] at 20 cubits [along the back wall] at the end of the sanctuary.
Ezekiel 41:6 [I see] 3 stories of side rooms, 30 [rooms] on each floor. These chambers sit inside the temple's terraced wall. Ledges around the wall support the side-rooms. (So their supports do not lie inserted in the temple wall.)
Ezekiel 41:11 The doors of the side chambers face a terrace yard: one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. This vacant area measures five cubits [8.75 feet] all around.
Ezekiel 42:11 The passageway before these rooms mirrors that of the north-facing chambers. Both sets of [chambers] match in length, width and style and placement of their exits and doors.
Ezekiel 48:32 On the city's eastern 4500-cubit length lie 3 gates: one gate [named after] Joseph {Increaser}, one gate [named after] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, one gate [named after] Dan {Judge}.
Exodus 27:15 Same on the outside of the [tent's] gate.
Exodus 36:17 [The craftsmen] insert 50 loops upon the outside edge of the curtain in the 1st set. [Then similarly,] they make [and install] 50 loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in 2nd set.
1st Kings 6:6 On the first floor, the side rooms span 7.5 feet wide. On the second floor the [side-rooms] span 9 feet wide. The third floor [side-rooms] span 10.5 feet wide. Solomon makes the walls of the temple thinner as they go up floor by floor. So [floor] ledges run along the walls. So the floor beams of the side rooms rest on the ledges. The beams don't run inside the temple walls.
note: paraphrased
Ezekiel 40:21 Three alcoves flank each side of this [passageway]. Its posts and its arches measure like the 1st gate. Its length measures 50 cubits [87.5 feet], and its width 25 cubits [43.25 feet].
Ezekiel 40:26 7 steps rise up to [this south gate]. Arches face the [steps]. Palm trees frame [the gate] on each side. [Engraved palm trees decorate the gate's] posts.
Ezekiel 40:29 [The south gate's] little chambers, and its posts, and its arches measure like the [temple's] other [similar structures]. Windows line it and its surrounding arched-porticos. Its [court] measures 50 cubits [87.5 feet] long by 25 cubits [43.75 feet] wide.
Ezekiel 40:37 This [north gate's] pillars face the [temple's] outer court. Palm trees decorate the pillars on both sides. An 8-stepped stairway leads up to the [gate].
Ezekiel 40:49 The porch measures 20 cubits [35 feet] long by 11 cubits [19.25 feet] wide. Then the [angel flies] me [to] the steps that rise to the porch, 😇. [I see] pillars flanking the [porch] posts, one on this side, and another on the other side.
Ezekiel 41:5 [On his way out, the angel-man] measures the thickness of the [temple] wall at 6 cubits [10.5 feet], and the width of all the side-rooms surrounding the temple at 4 cubits [7 feet] at ground level.
Ezekiel 41:8 I see a base all around the temple, 😇. It measures one-rod, that is 6 cubits [10.5 feet] high. This base forms the foundation for the side chambers.
Ezekiel 42:1 Then the [angel man] brings me out via the north route into the [temple's] outer court. He [flies] me into the chamber opposite the separated [yard] which faces the building toward the north.
note: To enjoy these tedious architectural-description chapters, look up a 3d model of the 3rd temple / Ezekiel's temple. it would be impossible to draw such a model without these verbally-boring specifications.
Ezekiel 42:4 In front of the [block of] rooms lies a walkway 10 cubits [17.5 feet] wide by 100 cubits [175 feet] [deep]. The [rooms'] doors face north.
Ezekiel 42:5 The upper rooms measure [increasingly] narrower, because the galleries take up [proportionally] more of their space than from the [rooms on the] building's lower and middle [floors].
Ezekiel 42:15 Then [the angel-man] finishes measuring the inner temple. Then he brings me out toward the east-facing gate. He measures all around it.
Ezekiel 42:17 The [angel-man takes his] measuring rod all around the [temple's] north side. It [also] sums to 500 cubits [875 feet].
Ezekiel 42:19 [Finally] the [angel-man takes his] measuring rod all around the [temple's] west side. It [also] sums to 500 cubits [875 feet].
Exodus 25:23 Also make a table of acacia wood: 2 cubits [3 feet] long, and 1 [cubit] [1.5 feet] wide, and 1.5 cubits [2.25 feet] high.
note: 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
Exodus 26:12 Let the extra half-curtain hang down at the rear of the holy sanctuary.
Exodus 26:32 With golden hooks, hang the veil on 4 pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, standing in the 4 silver bases.
Exodus 26:37 For the screen, make five posts of acacia-wood. Overlay the [posts] with gold. [Attach] golden hooks [to the posts]. And cast five bronze bases for the [posts].”
Exodus 27:13 Build the 50 cubit [75 feet] wide courtyard on the [tent's] east quarter (facing east).
Exodus 36:9 Each curtain spans 28 cubits [42 feet] long by 4 cubits [6 feet] wide—all the curtains exactly the same size.
Exodus 36:12 The [craftsmen] also sew 50 loops on the end curtain of each set. They arrange the loops across from each other, [thus binding the curtains together in one piece].
Exodus 36:15 The curtains all have the same measurements, 😇: 30 cubits [45 feet] long, by 4 cubits [6 feet] wide.
Exodus 36:38 [Woodsmen] hew 5 posts [to support the screen] on hooks. [Jewelers] overlay the crowns [of the pillars] and their attachment rings with gold. [Metal-smiths] forge the pillar's 5 bases of brass.
Ezekiel 40:9 Then the [brassy angel] measures the gate's [vaulted] entranceway at 8 cubits [14 feet], and its posts at 2 cubits [3.5 feet]. (This gateway porch faces inward [toward the temple].)
Ezekiel 40:11 Next the [brassy angel] measures the width of the gateway's entry/portal at 10 cubits [17.5 feet]; and the length of the gate, 13 cubits [22.75 feet].
Ezekiel 40:13 Then the [brassy angel] measures the gateway from the roof of one anteroom to the roof of another at a width of 25 cubits [43.75 feet], from one door to the opposite door.
Ezekiel 40:15 [The angel measures] 50 cubits [87.5 feet] from the face of the arrival gateway to the face of the porch/portico of the inner gate.
Ezekiel 40:17 Next the [brassy angel flies] me into this [vision-temple's] outer court. There I see chambers, and artfully-laid-stone-floor for the surrounding courtyard: 30 chambers rest upon the stone-floor.
Ezekiel 40:18 This lower [outer] court walkway flanks the gateways. It runs their entire length.
Ezekiel 40:19 Then the [brassy angel] measures the width (from the face of the lower east gate to the face of the inner court from outside) at 100 cubits [175 feet]. [He does the same for the] north-facing [gate].
Ezekiel 40:20 Then the [brassy angel] measures the length and width of the north-facing gate of the outer court.
Ezekiel 40:22 The [anterooms'] windows, arched-foyer and palm trees measure identically to [those at] the east-facing gate. 7 steps rise up to the [gateway entrance]. [The east gate's] vestibule faces inward.
Ezekiel 40:23 The inner-court gate faces the north-facing gate, 😇. Toward the east, the [angel] measures 100 cubits [175 feet] from gate to gate.
Ezekiel 40:24 Then the [angel flies] me southward. There I see a south-facing gate. The [angel] measures its posts and its arches as identical to [the others like it].
Ezekiel 40:25 Windows grace [the south-facing gate's portico]. Matching [windows] surround its arches. It measures 50 cubits [87.5 feet] long by 25 cubits [43.75 feet] wide.
Ezekiel 40:27 A gate in the inner court faces south. From [the inner court's north] gate to [its] south gate, the [angel] measures 100 cubits [175 feet].
Ezekiel 40:28 Then [the brassy angel flies] me to the [temple's] inner court. [He sets me down] at the south gate. He measures the south gate as follows:
Ezekiel 40:30 The [south court's] surrounding arched-porticos measure 25 cubits [43.75 feet] long by five cubits [8.75 feet] wide, 😇.
Ezekiel 40:31 The [temple's] vaulted-porticos face the outer court. Palm trees grace its posts. An 8-stepped [stairway] leads up to [the portico].
Ezekiel 40:34 This [inner east gate's] arched-porticos face the outer court. Palm trees grace its pillars on each side. An 8-stepped stairway leads up to the [outer court].
Ezekiel 40:35 Then [the brassy angel flies] me to the [vision-temple's] north gate. He measures it as equal [to the temple's other similar gates].
Ezekiel 40:36 This [north gate's] chambers, posts, arches and surrounding windows [total to a] length of 50 cubits [87.5 feet] by 25 cubits [43.75 feet] wide.
Ezekiel 40:48 Next the [angel flies] me to the [vision-temple's] vaulted-portico. The [angel] measures each post of the porch at five cubits [8.75 feet] on each side. The gate measures 3 cubits [5.25 feet] wide on each side.
Ezekiel 41:2 The door-portal measures 10 cubits [17.5 feet], 😇. The shoulders of the door/portal measure five cubits [8.75 feet] on each side. Then the [brassy angel] measures the [sanctuary's] length at 40 cubits [70 feet], and its width at 20 cubits [35 feet].
Ezekiel 41:3 The [brassy angel floats] into the [sanctuary]. He measures the post of the door/portal at two cubits [3.5 feet high], and its door's [height] at 6 cubits [10.5 feet], and the door's width at 7 cubits [12.25 feet].
Ezekiel 41:9 The outer wall of the side-rooms measures 5 cubits [8.75 feet] wide [at ground level]. Identically, the empty space left [between] the structure containing the side-rooms [and the temple itself also measures 8.75 feet wide].
Ezekiel 41:10 Between the chambers, a [walkway] 20 cubits [35 feet] wide surrounds the temple on every side.
Ezekiel 41:12 At the far end of the open space on the west side of the Temple stands a building 70 cubits [122.5 feet] long by 90 cubits [157.5 feet] wide, with 5 cubit [8.75 feet] thick walls all around.
Ezekiel 41:13 [The bronzed angel] measures the temple at 100 cubits [175 feet] long. The open area, and the building, with its sidewalls, also measures 100 cubits [175 feet] long.
Ezekiel 41:14 The width of the temple's face plus the yard to the east measures 100 cubits [175 feet].
Ezekiel 41:15 Then the [brassy angel] measures the length of the structure facing the separated yard behind it, including its detached-spaces/galleries on each side, at 100 cubits [175 feet].
Ezekiel 41:16 Wood paneling surrounds the inner temple, and the court's vaulted-porticos, all the door posts/thresholds, and the galleries/detached-spaces surrounding all 3 stories. [The paneling] runs from the ground up to the windows. Coverings conceal the windows.
Ezekiel 41:23 The temple and the sanctuary have two doors.
Ezekiel 42:2 The [angel measures the] building (whose door faces north) at 100 cubits [175 feet] long by 50 cubits [87.5 feet] wide, 😇.
Ezekiel 42:3 [One block of rooms] overlooks the 20 cubit [35-foot] width of the inner courtyard. Another [block of rooms] looks out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. [The two blocks rise in] three [levels] and stand across [from each other].
Ezekiel 42:6 The rooms rise in 3 stories unsupported by pillars, [like an inverted pyramid, increasingly extruded out into] the courtyards below. So each successive floor up bears smaller room dimensions [to compensate for the lack of weight-bearing posts].
note: All bookstore translations make nonsense out of this verse, and this chapter in general. Vertical pillars are not necessary in architecture. Weight can be transferred to the ground using 45˚angles.
Ezekiel 42:16 The [angel-man grabs his] measuring rod. He measures all around the [temple's] east side. It sums to 500 cubits [875 feet].
Ezekiel 42:18 The [angel-man takes his] measuring rod all around the [temple's] south side. It [also] sums to 500 cubits [875 feet].
Ezekiel 40:12 The space facing the [new temple's] anterooms measures 1 cubit [21 inches] on each side. The anterooms measure 6 cubits [10.5 feet] on each side.
Ezekiel 40:14 The [brassy angel] measures the [distance along the] posts at 60 cubits [105 feet], all the way to the post of the court surrounding the gateway.
note: lit. asah = makes. Translations differ as to whether this is a measurement of post height or floor distance along the pillars.
Ezekiel 42:7 A wall outside, next to the rooms, toward the outer courtyard in front of the rooms, measures 50 cubits [87.5 feet].
Ezekiel 42:8 All together, the chambers facing the [temple's] outer court measure 50 cubits [87.5 feet] in length. I see [that the row of rooms facing] the temple [spans] 100 cubits [175 feet].
Ezekiel 42:9 An entrance from the outer courtyard leads to these rooms from the east.
Ezekiel 42:12 [People] enter the south rooms through the doorways at the east end of the inner sidewalk. The south wall continues east of the outer row of rooms.
Ezekiel 42:10 [More] chambers fill the width of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the vacant area, and opposite the building.
note: Hebrew transliteration: in·width-of stone-dike-of the·court way-of the·east to faces-of the·severance and·to faces-of the·structure rooms

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