Zerubbabel

Not much is known about the Temple of Zerubbabel. The Bible gives a little information but these dimensions appear to be generalized exterior measures. In any case, they are happy units for the purposes of this thesis since we are told Zerubbabel's Temple measured 60 x 60 x 60 Hebrew cubits.

As with other repeating units we have seen, a cube is implied by the design. Whether we label this "symbolic" or "conceptual", the repeating units point to the same meaning: unity of design, unity of measure, and unity of blueprint and plan.

While we do not know much about Zerubbabel's Temple, thankfully we know much more about Herod's Temple. And working backwards from this, it is likely that the temple was not actually a cube but, together with its porch and side chambers, the general outline was cubic.