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Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.[a] The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet.[b] The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet. Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:6 tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517.
  2. Ezekiel 40:7 tn Heb “5 cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase “10½ feet” in v. 5.