


1 Kings 6:16
Bible Versions
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place].
And he built {H1129} twenty {H6242} cubits {H520} on the sides {H3411} of the house {H1004}, both {H4480} the floor {H7172} and the walls {H7023} with boards {H6763} of cedar {H730}: he even built {H1129} them for it within {H1004}, even for the oracle {H1687}, even for the most {H6944} holy {H6944} place.
The thirty-five-foot back portion of the house he built with boards of cedar from the floor to the joists and reserved this part of the house to be a sanctuary, the Especially Holy Place;
He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
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