19 Then he measured the width from the front of the (A)lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, a (B)hundred cubits on the east and on the north.

20 As for the (C)gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width. 21 [a]It had three (D)guardrooms on each side; and its (E)side pillars and its porches [b]had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was (F)fifty cubits and the width (G)twenty-five cubits.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:21 Lit Its guardrooms were three
  2. Ezekiel 40:21 Lit were

19 Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court;(A) it was a hundred cubits[a](B) on the east side as well as on the north.

The North Gate

20 Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court. 21 Its alcoves(C)—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico(D) had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:19 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 23, 27 and 47