Second%20temple for Middot 4:6

וְהַהֵיכָל מֵאָה עַל מֵאָה, עַל רוּם מֵאָה. הָאֹטֶם שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֹת, וְגָבְהוֹ אַרְבָּעִים אַמָּה, אַמָּה כִּיּוּר, וְאַמָּתַיִם בֵּית דִּלְפָה, וְאַמָּה תִּקְרָה, וְאַמָּה מַעֲזִיבָה, וְגֹבַהּ שֶׁל עֲלִיָּה אַרְבָּעִים אַמָּה, וְאַמָּה כִּיּוּר, וְאַמָּתַיִם בֵּית דִּלְפָה, וְאַמָּה תִּקְרָה, וְאַמָּה מַעֲזִיבָה, וְשָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת מַעֲקֶה, וְאַמָּה כָּלֵה עוֹרֵב, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, לֹא הָיָה כָלֵה עוֹרֵב עוֹלֶה מִן הַמִּדָּה, אֶלָּא אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת הָיָה מַעֲקֶה:

The Sanctuary was a hundred [<i>amot</i>] by a hundred [<i>amot</i>] with a height of a hundred [<i>amot</i>]: The base was six <i>amot</i>, and the height [of the lowest story of the Sanctuary reached an height of] forty <i>amot</i>, one <i>amah</i> for its ornamentation, two <i>amot</i> for the supporting [beams], one <i>amah</i> for the ceiling, and one <i>amah</i> for the pavement. The height of the upper chamber was forty <i>amot</i>, one <i>amah</i> for its ornamentation, two <i>amot</i> for its supporting [beams], one <i>amah</i> for the ceiling, and one <i>amah</i> for the pavement. Three <i>amot</i> [were taken up by the] fence [around the roof], and an <i>amah</i> for the raven-chaser [spikes]. Rabbi Yehuda says, the spikes were not included in the measurement; rather, the fence was four <i>amot</i>.

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