An important change in the project of Ezekiel's Temple

The change refers to the interpretation of certain sizes of gates set in the prophecy of Ezekiel. The reason for revising the model was the unsatisfactory appearance of the front facade of the outer gates of the temple complex.

And he measured the width of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. (Ezekiel 40:11)

So, length is length, and it can not be interpreted as the width of the space inside the pillars. Thus, the width of the space behind the pillars is equal to the width of the passage (10 cubits) plus the width of the pillars (2 + 2 cubits). Pillars do not go into the wall.

Pillars should not cover the front surface of the "threshold" of the gate, otherwise this "threshold" could not be measured in the sight of Ezekiel. The only acceptable position of the posts in relation to the wall of the gate is the position of the corner to the corner.



He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard. (Ezekiel 40:14 – NASB)

He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate. (Ezekiel 40:14 – KJV)

Interpretation of the 14th verse has not changed: in the original there is no word "height", this is the measurement of the distance between the outer and inner doors of the gate. In addition, there are 2 more options for interpreting the length of 60 cubits: as the length between the front and back pairs of pillars on which the doors hang, or as the full length that all the pillars in the gate occupy.

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Drawing of the temple complex of Ezekiel's Temple. Corrections.

Corrections have been made to the drawing of the Third Temple. I wrote about this in the previous post.






The 3D model of Ezekiel's Temple is corrected according to the drawing.

Images of Ezekiel's Temple

When I did the internal stairs at the gate, I imagined trumpeters climbing these staircases in pitch darkness. They must climb the stairs to the balcony, and 70 steps out of 75 for them will be in total darkness. They can break their shofar in the dark, and they will curse the architect who did not take care to make the windows.

And I made windows there.



In addition to the changes in the gate, a railing to the stairs was added to the 3D model, fences were made for the baptisteries and "20 cubits" of space along the western wall.
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