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The Temple

48 Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the posts of the vestibule, five cubits deep on either side, and the width of the gate between the posts[a] was fourteen cubits, and the shoulders of the gate were three cubits wide on either side.[b] 49 The width of the vestibule was twenty cubits and the depth twelve[c] cubits; ten steps led up[d] to it, and there were pillars beside the posts on either side.(A)

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  1. 40.48 Gk: Heb lacks between the posts
  2. 40.48 Gk: Heb and the width of the gate was three cubits
  3. 40.49 Gk: Heb eleven
  4. 40.49 Gk: Heb and by steps that went up

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