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The North Gate

20 As for the (A)gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width. 21 [a]It had three (B)guardrooms on each side; and its (C)side pillars and its porches [b]had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was [c](D)fifty cubits and the width (E)twenty-five cubits. 22 Its (F)windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the (G)gate which faced toward the east; and [d]it was reached by seven (H)steps, and its [e]porch was in front of them. 23 The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured one (I)hundred cubits from gate to gate.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:21 Lit Its guardrooms were 3
  2. Ezekiel 40:21 Lit were
  3. Ezekiel 40:21 Approx. 75 ft. long and 37.5 ft. wide or 22.5 m and 11.25 m
  4. Ezekiel 40:22 Lit they were going up into it
  5. Ezekiel 40:22 Or porches

20 Then he measured the gate of the outer court that faced north—its depth and width. 21 Its recesses, three on either side, and its posts and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate; its depth was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.(A) 22 Its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. Seven steps led up to it, and its vestibule was on the inside.[a](B) 23 Opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court; he measured from gate to gate, one hundred cubits.(C)

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  1. 40.22 Gk: Heb before them