48 Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were 8¾ feet thick on each side. The width of the gate was 24½ feet,[a] and the side walls of the gate were[b] 5¼ feet[c] wide on each side. 49 The portico was 35 feet[d] across and 21[e] feet[f] deep, and 10 steps led[g] up to it.(A) There were pillars by the jambs, one on each side.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 40:48 Lit 14 cubits
  2. 40:48 LXX; MT omits 24½ feet, and the side walls of the gate were
  3. 40:48 Lit three cubits
  4. 40:49 Lit 20 cubits
  5. 40:49 LXX; MT reads 19¼
  6. 40:49 Lit 12 cubits
  7. 40:49 MT reads and it was on steps that they would go

The temple

48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured its arches. They were seven and a half feet on each side, and the width of the gate was four and a half feet on each side. 49 The porch was thirty feet long and eighteen feet wide. Steps led up into the porch, and there were columns for the arches, one on each side.

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