The height of the steps for the stairs of Ezekiel's Temple

Let's try to understand the parameters of the staircases that are in the House of Sanctuary.

The first obstacle for the English-speaking Bible reader is that the English translations of the Bible do not specify the number of steps on the main staircase before entering the porch of the Temple.

KJV:

The length of the porch [was] twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and [he brought me] by the steps whereby they went up to it: and [there were] pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

NASB:

The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits; and at the stairway by which it was ascended were columns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.

(Ezekiel 40:49)

The Russian Synodal translation of the Bible indicates the number of steps at the staircase, but one can hardly rely on the national translations of Ezekiel's book.



Ten steps ... - Translation by the conjecture , which confirms the Septuagint .

Accepting this hypothesis, based on the Septuagint text, we can determine the height of the staircase on the main staircase of the Temple.

At the very beginning of the measurements of the temple complex, a cane was used to measure the wall. And we also know that in the prophecy of Ezekiel, the cubit was used to measure the length in the Temple. Probably, the height of the first floor of the Temple should be a multiple of an integral number of cubits.



Let us see what may be possible:

1 reed = 6 cubit / 10 steps = 2880 mm / 10 = 288 mm = 11,338″

5 cubit / 10 steps = 2400 / 10 = 240 mm = 9,449″

4 cubit / 10 steps = 1920 / 10 = 192 mm = 7,559″

3 cubit / 10 steps = 1440 / 10 = 144 mm = 5,669″

2 cubit / 10 steps = 960 / 10 = 96 mm = 3,779″

The maximum height of steps of stairs in residential and public buildings is 190 mm.
The minimum step height is 120 mm.

We have only one option: the height of the step in the Temple is 144 mm.

Another important conclusion we got: the floor level of the first floor of the Temple is 3 cubits or 1440 mm.

And we accept the assumption that all the other staircases in the temple complex also have a step height of 144 mm.

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