**Height of the Building**

Each part of the Temple had a different height. The Outer Sanctum was 30 cubits high, the columns were 23 cubits high (18 cubits plus 5 cubits of the capitals), the Holy of Holies was 20 cubits high, and the attic 5 cubits high. There is no information at all about the height of the three-story side chamber. It is unlikely that a temple that was meant to be such an impressive structure would consist of a patchwork of wings. Thus, we chose only two heights: 30 cubits for the Outer Sanctum and the Holy of Holies in the center of the building, and 20 cubits for the surrounding parts. Thus, the height of each of the three stories of the side chamber wing was 6.6 cubits. We slightly shortened the cumulative height of the columns (including the capitals) to 20 cubits instead of 23 cubits.
