Verse 2

The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8¾ feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 6:2 : 2 The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
• 1 Kgs 6:17 : 17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.
• 2 Chr 3:3 : 3 Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length(determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.
• 2 Chr 3:7 : 7 He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.
• 2 Chr 29:7 : 7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
• John 10:7 : 7 So Jesus said again,“I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.
• John 10:9 : 9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.
• 1 Kgs 6:31-35 : 31 He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. 32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold. 33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. 34 He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.
• Exod 26:36 : 36 “You are to make a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer.
• Exod 36:37 : 37 He made a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,