During the First Temple period, the outside of the Kodesh (holy area) was built of large stones, and the inside was constructed of cedar wood overlaid in gold. The inner dimensions of the Kodesh during the time of the Second Temple were: from east to west (from the Heichal doors to the curtain of the Holy of Holies) - forty cubits. From north to south - twenty cubits. The height of the Kodesh, in its interior, was forty cubits. From the outside it had a height of one hundred cubits. The foundation of the Kodesh was six cubits above the floor of the Court. *  
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