The Eastern Gate

⁵ And there was a wall on the outside of the temple all the way around it,^[a] and in the hand of the man the reed^[b] for measurement was six long cubits, according to^[c] the cubit^[d] and a handbreadth,^[e] and he measured the width of the outer wall as one reed,^[f] and the height as one reed.^{[g] 6} And then he went toward^[h] the gate whose face was to the east.^[i] And he went up by^[j] its steps, and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed^[k] wide. ⁷ And the alcove^[l] was one reed^[m] long and one reed^[n] wide,^[o] and between the alcoves was five cubits,^[p] and the threshold of the gate along the side of the portico of the gate on the inside^[q] was one reed.^{[r] 8} And then he measured the portico of the gate on the inside^[s] as one reed.^{[t] 9} And he measured the portico of the gate as eight cubits,^[u] and its pilaster was two cubits^[v] thick, and he measured the portico of the gate on the inside.^{[w] 10} And the alcoves^[x] of the gate toward the way^[y] eastward^[z] were three on each side;^[aa] the same measurements applied to all three of them;^[ab] and the same measurement applied to the pilaster^[ac] on each side.^{[ad] 11} And he measured the width of the doorway of the gate as ten cubits^[ae] and the length of the gateway^[af] was thirteen cubits.^{[ag] 12} And a wall^[ah] was before^[ai] the alcoves; one cubit^[aj] on either side^[ak] was the wall from here.^[al] And the alcove was six cubits^[am] on each side.^{[an] 13} And he measured the gate from the top slab of the alcove to its opposite top slab as twenty-five cubits in width, from one entrance to the other one opposite it.^{[ao] 14} And he made the pilasters sixty cubits,^[ap] and to the pilaster of the courtyard all the way around the gate.^{[aq] 15} And from the front of^[ar] the gate at the entrance to the front of^[as] the portico of the inner gate was fifty cubits.^{[at] 16} And there were narrow windows for the alcoves and for their pilasters to the inside of the gate all the way around^[au] it. And likewise with respect to the porticos and windows were all the way around^[av] to the inside, and on a pilaster there were images of palm trees.^[aw]