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There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1⁄2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3⁄4 feet[a] along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back. He also measured the entry room of the gateway.[b] It was 14 feet[c] across, with supporting columns 3 1⁄2 feet[d] thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:7 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.7 meters]; also in 40:48.
  2. 40:8 As in many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version; other Hebrew manuscripts add which faced inward toward the Temple; it was 1 rod [10.5 feet or 3.2 meters] deep. Then he measured the entry room of the gateway.
  3. 40:9a Hebrew 8 cubits [4.2 meters].
  4. 40:9b Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters].

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