20 And as for the (A)gate of the outer courtyard which faced 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 (D)fifty cubits, and the width (E)twenty-five cubits. 22 Its (F)windows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the (G)gate which faced east; and [c]it was reached by seven (H)steps, and its [d]porch was in front of them. 23 The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a (I)hundred cubits from gate to gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:21 Lit Its guardrooms were three
  2. Ezekiel 40:21 Lit were
  3. Ezekiel 40:22 Lit they were going up into it
  4. Ezekiel 40:22 Another reading is porches

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