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;