The Laver was [located] between the Antechamber and the Altar and was drawn toward the south.  Between the Antechamber and the Altar [were] twenty-two amos and there were twelve steps there; [the] height of [each] step [was] half an amah, and its tread [was] one amah. One amah, one amah, and a landing [of] three amos; and one amah, one amah, and a landing [of] three [amos]; and the uppermost [set]: one amah, one amah [etc.], and a landing [of] four [amos]. R’ Yehudah says: The [steps of the] uppermost [set were] one amah, one amah [etc.], and a landing [of] five amos.

[The] entrance of the Antechamber, its height [was] forty amos and its width [was] twenty amos, and five decorated oak beams were above [the entrance].  The bottom [beam] was wider than the entrance [by] one amah on this side and one amah on this side; the [beam] above it was wider than [the first beam by] one amah on this side and one amah on this side. It is found [that] the uppermost [beam was] thirty amos, and a row of stones was between each and every [beam].