Then measured he the porch of the gate of eight cubits and the [a]posts thereof, of two cubits, and the porch of the gate was inward.

10 And the Chambers of the gate Eastward, were three on this side, and three on that side: they three were of one measure, and the posts had one measure on this side, and one on that side.

11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate ten cubits, and the height of the gate thirteen cubits.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:9 Or, pentises.

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. 11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.[d]

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  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
  4. Ezekiel 40:11 That is, about 18 feet wide and 23 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 6.9 meters long