¹⁶ He then brought me into the inner court^(A) of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar,^(B) were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun^(C) in the east.^(D)

¹⁵ When he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the east gate^(A) and measured the area all around:

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44 Then the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east,^(A) and it was shut.