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47 Next he measured the court. It was square, 53 metres long and 53 metres wide. The altar(A) was in front of the temple.

48 Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were 2.65 metres thick on each side. The width of the gate was 7.4 metres,[a] and the side walls of the gate were[b] 1.6 metres[c] wide on each side. 49 The portico was 10.6 metres[d] across and 6.4[e] metres[f] deep, and 10 steps led[g] up to it.(B) There were pillars by the jambs, one on each side.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 40:48 Lit 14 cubits
  2. 40:48 LXX; MT omits 7.4 metres, and the side walls of the gate were
  3. 40:48 Lit three cubits
  4. 40:49 Lit 20 cubits
  5. 40:49 LXX; MT reads 19 1/4
  6. 40:49 Lit 12 cubits
  7. 40:49 MT reads and it was on steps that they would go