36 as did its recesses, pilasters, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87½ feet[a] long and 43¾ feet[b] wide. 37 Its portico[c] faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices

38 There was a chamber whose door opened into the portico of the gate.[d] The burnt offering was to be washed there.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:36 Lit 50 cubits
  2. Ezekiel 40:36 Lit 25 cubits
  3. Ezekiel 40:37 LXX; MT reads pilasters
  4. Ezekiel 40:38 Text emended; MT reads door was by the pilasters, at the gates

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