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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.(A) There were pillars by the jambs, one on each side.(B)

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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