Ezekiel 40:6-9
Contemporary English Version
6-7 Then he went to the east gate, where he walked up steps that led to a long passageway. On each side of this passageway were three guardrooms, which were three meters square, and they were separated by walls two and a half meters thick. The man measured the distance between the opening of the gate and the first guardroom, and it was three meters, the thickness of the outer wall.
At the far end of this passageway, I saw an entrance room that faced the courtyard of the temple itself. There was also a distance of three meters between the last guardroom and the entrance room 8-9 at the end of the passageway. The man measured this room: It was four meters from the doorway to the opposite wall, and the distance from the doorway to the wall on either side was one meter.
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Ezekiel 40:6-8
New International Version
6 Then he went to the east gate.(A) He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. 7 The alcoves(B) 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.
8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway;
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verse 48
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