²⁴ Then he led me toward the south. I saw^[a] a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others. ²⁵ There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others;^[b] 87½ feet^[c] long and 43¾ feet^[d] wide. ²⁶ There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side. ²⁷ The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.^[e]