The Gates to the Inner Court

²⁸ Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements^(A) as the others. ²⁹ Its alcoves,^(B) its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.^{(C) 30} (The porticoes^(D) of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.) ³¹ Its portico^(E) faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.^(F)

³⁵ Then he brought me to the north gate^(A) and measured it. It had the same measurements^(B) as the others,