The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits[a] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it[b] was eight cubits[c] deep and its jambs were two cubits[d] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 2.7 metres; also in verse 48
  2. Ezekiel 40:9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it
  3. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 4.2 metres
  4. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 1 metre