17 Then he brought me into the outer court,(A) and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court.(B) Thirty chambers faced the pavement, 18 which flanked the courtyard’s gates and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet.[a] This was the east; next the north is described.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:19 Lit 100 cubits, also in vv. 23,27,47

The Outer Court

17 Then he brought me into the outer court.(A) There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms(B) along the pavement.(C) 18 It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court;(D) it was a hundred cubits[a](E) on the east side as well as on the north.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:19 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 23, 27 and 47