Ezekiel 40:5–16

The Eastern Gate

5 And there was a wall on the outside of the temple ⌊all the way around it⌋,d and in the hand of the man the reede for measurement was six long cubits, ⌊according to⌋f the cubitg and a handbreadth,h and he measured the width of the outer wall as one reed,i and the height as one reed.j 6 And then he went towardk the gate whose face was ⌊to the east⌋.l And he went up bym its steps, and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reedn wide. 7 And the alcoveo was one reedp long and one reedq wide,r and between the alcoves was five cubits,s and the threshold of the gate along the side of the portico of the gate ⌊on the inside⌋t was one reed.u 8 And then he measured the portico of the gate ⌊on the inside⌋v as one reed.w 9 And he measured the portico of the gate as eight cubits,x and its pilaster was two cubitsy thick, and he measured the portico of the gate ⌊on the inside⌋.z 10 And the alcovesa of the gate toward the wayb ⌊eastward⌋c were ⌊three on each side⌋;d ⌊the same measurements applied to all three of them⌋;e and ⌊the same measurement applied to the pilaster⌋f ⌊on each side⌋.g 11 And he measured the width of the doorway of the gate as ten cubitsh and the length of the gatewayi was thirteen cubits.j 12 And a wallk ⌊was before⌋l the alcoves; ⌊one cubitm on either side⌋n was the wall from here.o And the alcove ⌊was six cubitsp on each side⌋.q 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⌋.r 14 And he made the pilasters sixty cubits,s and to the pilaster of the courtyard ⌊all the way around the gate⌋.t 15 ⌊And from the front of⌋u the gate at the entrance to ⌊the front of⌋v the portico of the inner gate was fifty cubits.w 16 And there were narrow windows for the alcoves and for their pilasters to the inside of the gate ⌊all the way around⌋x it. And likewise with respect to the porticos and windows were ⌊all the way around⌋y to the inside, and on a pilaster there were images of palm trees.z

d	Literally “all around, all around”
e	Or “rod”
f	Literally “with/in”
g	That is, about 18 inches
h	A handbreadth wasabout 3 inches; the reed/rod was 10.5 feet long
i	That is, 10.5 feet
j	That is, about 10.5 feet
k	Or “to”
l	Literally “to the way toward the east”
m	Or “with”
n	That is, about 10.5 feet
o	Or “niches” in the temple tower
p	That is, about 10.5 feet
q	That is, about 10.5 feet
r	That is, 10.5 x 10.5 feet
s	That is, about 8.75 feet
t	Literally “from the house”
u	That is, about 10.5 feet
v	Literally “from the house”
w	That is, about 10.5 feet.
x	That is, about 14 feet
y	That is, 3.5 feet
z	Literally “from the house”
a	Hebrew “alcove”
b	Or “direction”
c	Literally “of the east”
d	Literally “was three from here and three from here”
e	Literally “measurement one was to the three of them”
f	Literally “measurement one was to the pilaster”
g	Literally “from here and from there”
h	That is, 17.5 feet
i	Hebrew “gate”
j	That is, 22.75 feet; or the inside width of the gateway was 22.75 feet
k	Or “guard wall”; others prefer “curb” (NLT)
l	Literally “was to the face of”
m	That is, about 18 inches
n	Literally “cubit one and cubit one”; or 21 inches
o	Or “from the front”
p	That is, 10.5 feet
q	Literally “was six cubits from here and six cubits from here”
r	Literally “doorway opposite doorway”
s	That is, 105 feet (problematic in this context)
t	Literally “the gate all around, all around”
u	Literally “and at the face of”
v	Literally “the face of”
w	That is, 87.5 feet
x	Literally “all around, all around”
y	Literally “all around, all around”
z	Hebrew “tree”