The Outer Court

17 Then he brought me into (A)the outer court. And behold, there were (B)chambers and a (C)pavement, all around the court. (D)Thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court,[a] a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:19 Hebrew distance from before the low gate before the inner court to the outside
  2. Ezekiel 40:19 Or cubits. So far the eastern gate; now to the northern gate

The Outer Courtyard

17 Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement. 18 This pavement flanked the gates and extended out from the walls into the courtyard the same distance as the gateway entrance. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then the man measured across the Temple’s outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175 feet.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 40:19 Hebrew 100 cubits [53 meters]; also in 40:23, 27, 47.