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(This verse omitted in the original text.)

And he meted the porch of the gate of eight cubits, and the post(s)[a] thereof by two cubits; soothly the porch of the gate was within. (And he measured the porch of the gateway, eight cubits, and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gateway was within.)

10 Certainly the (little) chambers of the gate at the way of the east were three on this side, and three on that side; one measure of three, and one measure of the posts on ever either side. (And the little chambers of the gateway, facing east, were three on this side, and three on that side; one measurement was of the three, and one measurement was of the posts on both sides.)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:9 In the original text, throughout the rest of Ezekiel, “front/s” and “post/s” are used interchangeably. To avoid confusion, and to enhance comprehension, only “post/s” will be used here.

Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it[a] was eight cubits[b] deep and its jambs were two cubits[c] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

10 Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it
  2. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 14 feet or about 4.2 meters
  3. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1 meter