⁴⁷ Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.^(A)

The New Temple

⁴⁸ He brought me to the portico of the temple^(B) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits^[a] and its projecting walls were^[b] three cubits^[c] wide on either side. ⁴⁹ The portico^(C) was twenty cubits^[d] wide, and twelve^[e] cubits^[f] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,^[g] and there were pillars^(D) on each side of the jambs.