Jewish Tabernacle and Temple Layouts - 3/12/2018 & 10/11/2018

These graphic images show Herod's Temple, Solomon Temple, and a comparison of the size of the two temples with the Tabernacle of Meeting.  

• Solomon's Temple, built in 957 BC was completely destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. 
• In the ruins of Solomon's Temple it was rebuilt in 516 B.C. and is sometimes called Zerubbabel's Temple because Zerubbabel was the appointed governor of Jerusalem by Cyrus, King of Persia (Iraq). Often referred to as the second temple, this causes confusion when Herod's Temple is also called the second temple but there is a good reason. 
• Herod's Temple was was an expansion of the rebuilt temple by Zerubbabel.
• Herod's Temple was burned and destroyed in 70AD by the Romans and has not been rebuilt as of this date. 

Both Solomon's Temple - also known as the First Temple, and Herod's Temple - the Second Temple followed the layout given for the Tabernacle Tent of Meeting which was used by the Jews after receiving the law in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Tabernacle and Basic Layout

The tabernacle consisted of a tent-like structure (the tabernacle proper) covered by rug-like coverings for a roof, and an external courtyard (150 feet by 75 feet). The whole compound was surrounded by a high fence about 7 feet in height. The fence was made of linen hangings held by pillars.

The tent (tabernacle proper) was divided into the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. The tent was made of acacia wood boards overlaid with gold and fitted together to form the walls, measuring 45 by 15 feet. On top, four layers of curtains acted as a roof to shield the tabernacle from sun and rain: The innermost layer was woven with fine linen and embroidered with figures of cherubim (angels), the second layer was made of goat’s hair, the third layer was made of rams’ skins dyed red, and the outermost layer was made of porpoise skins. The curtains were pinned to the ground with loops and clasps.

https://thetabernacleplace.com/articles/what_is_the_tabernacle/