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The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet.[a] The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:7 tn Heb “5 cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase “10½ feet” in v. 5.

The alcoves(A) for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits[a] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verse 48