וַיָּ֥מָד קִֽיר־הַבַּ֖יִת שֵׁ֣שׁ אַמּ֑וֹת וְרֹ֣חַב הַצֵּלָע֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע אַמּ֜וֹת סָבִ֧יב ׀ סָבִ֛יב לַבַּ֖יִת סָבִֽיב׃
전의 벽을 척량하니 두께가 육 척이며 전 삼면에 골방이 있는데 광이 각기 사 척이며
The Third Beit HaMikdash
On the three sides of the Sanctuary were side-chambers,20See Yechezkel 41:5-7 and sec. 65 above. affixed in it like the curtains of a tent.
The Third Beit HaMikdash
“He measured the wall of the House,”1Yechezkel 41:5. i.e., the thickness of the western wall of the Holy of Holies, “it was six cubits.” According to Rambam,2See Rambam, Middos 4:3; Hilchos Beis HaBechirah 4:4. in the Second Beis Hamikdash the wall was not a solid 6 cubits. Instead, there were two walls with open space between them.3The open space is sometimes referred to as a תא, “cell.” The width of the walls and the open space added up to 6 cubits.
The Third Beit HaMikdash
The verse cited previously1Yechezkel 41:5, cited at the beginning of sec. 61. continues, “The width of the side-chamber (צלע) was 4 cubits.” In the Second Beis HaMikdash, the parallel structure was 6 cubits wide.2As Middos 4:7 states: “The cell was six.”