The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was nine metres wide; its height was nine metres; he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold.
Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were 2.65 metres thick on each side. The width of the gate was 7.4 metres, and the side walls of the gate were 1.6 metres wide on each side.
They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the portico of the Lord’s temple. They consecrated the Lord’s temple for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.