⁶ Then he went to the east gate.^(A) He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. ⁷ The alcoves^(B) 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.

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.^{[a] 12} In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square. ¹³ Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits^[b] from one parapet opening to the opposite one. ¹⁴ He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits.^[c] The measurement was up to the portico^[d] facing the courtyard.^{[e](A) 15} The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.^{[f] 16} The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.^(B)

²⁹ Its alcoves,^(A) its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.^{(B) 30} (The porticoes^(C) of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.)

³⁶ as did its alcoves,^(A) its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁷ Its portico^[a](B) faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.^(C)