48 Then he brought me to the (A)porch of the [a]temple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and at the (B)stairway by which it was ascended were (C)columns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:48 Lit house

The Vestibule of the Temple

48 Then he brought me to (A)the vestibule of the temple and measured the (B)jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate[a] were three cubits on either side. 49 (C)The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve[b] cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps.[c] And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate
  2. Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
  3. Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew and by steps that would go up to it

The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(A) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[a] and its projecting walls were[b] three cubits[c] wide on either side. 49 The portico(B) was twenty cubits[d] wide, and twelve[e] cubits[f] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[g] and there were pillars(C) on each side of the jambs.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  2. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
  3. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters
  4. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
  5. Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
  6. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
  7. Ezekiel 40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it