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.
The interior of the sanctuary was nine metres long, nine metres wide, and nine metres high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar.
It had the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.