Ezekiel 40:28-37

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The Inner Courtyard

²⁸ Then the man brought me through the south gateway into the inner courtyard. The inner south gateway measured the same as the gateways in the outer wall. ²⁹ The inner south gateway’s ·rooms [alcoves], ·inner walls [or jambs], and ·porch [portico] measured the same as the gateways in the outer wall. There were windows all around the gateway and its porch. The gateway was ·eighty-seven and one-half feet [^Lfifty cubits] long and ·forty-four feet [^Ltwenty-five cubits] wide. ³⁰ Each porch of each inner gateway was ·about forty-four feet [^Ltwenty-five cubits] long and ·about nine feet [^Lfive cubits] wide. ³¹ The inner south gateway’s ·porch [portico] faced the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on its ·side walls [or jambs], and its stairway had eight steps.

³² The man brought me into the inner courtyard on the east side. He measured the inner east gateway, and it was the same as the other gateways. ³³ The inner east gateway’s ·rooms [alcoves], ·inside walls [or jambs], and ·porch [portico] measured the same as the other gateways. Windows were all around the gateway and its ·porch [portico]. The inner east gateway was ·eighty-seven and one-half feet [^Lfifty cubits] long and ·forty-four feet [^Ltwenty-five cubits] wide. ³⁴ Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on its ·inner walls [or jambs] on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.

³⁵ Then the man brought me to the inner north gateway. He measured it, and it was the same as the other gateways. ³⁶ Its ·rooms [alcoves], ·inside walls [or jambs], and ·porch [portico] measured the same as the other gateways. There were windows all around the gateway, which was ·eighty-seven and one-half feet [^Lfifty cubits] long and ·forty-four feet [^Ltwenty-five cubits] wide. ³⁷ Its ·porch [portico] faced the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on its inner walls on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.