it[a] was 14 feet,[b] and its jambs were 3½ feet.[c] The gate’s portico was on the temple side.

10 There were three recesses on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the jambs on either side also had the same measurements. 11 Then he measured the width of the gate’s entrance; it was 17½ feet,[d] while the width[e] of the gate was 22¾ feet.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 40:8–9 Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read gate facing the temple side; it was one rod. Then he measured the gate’s portico; it
  2. 40:9 Lit eight cubits
  3. 40:9 Lit two cubits
  4. 40:11 Lit 10 cubits
  5. 40:11 Lit length
  6. 40:11 Lit 13 cubits

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