⁷And the alcove^o was one reed^p long and one reed^q 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 ⁸And then he measured the portico of the gate on the inside^v as one reed.^w ⁹And he measured the portico of the gate as eight cubits,^x and its pilaster was two cubits^y thick, and he measured the portico of the gate on the inside.^z ¹⁰And the alcoves^a of the gate toward the way^b 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 ¹¹And he measured the width of the doorway of the gate as ten cubits^h and the length of the gatewayⁱ was thirteen cubits.^j ¹²And a wall^k was before^l the alcoves; one cubit^m on either sideⁿ was the wall from here.^o And the alcove was six cubits^p on each side.^q ¹³And 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

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Footnotes

oOr “niches” in the temple tower
pThat is, about 10.5 feet
qThat is, about 10.5 feet
rThat is, 10.5 x 10.5 feet
sThat is, about 8.75 feet
tLiterally “from the house”
uThat is, about 10.5 feet
vLiterally “from the house”
wThat is, about 10.5 feet.
xThat is, about 14 feet
yThat is, 3.5 feet
zLiterally “from the house”
aHebrew “alcove”
bOr “direction”
cLiterally “of the east”
dLiterally “was three from here and three from here”
eLiterally “measurement one was to the three of them”
fLiterally “measurement one was to the pilaster”
gLiterally “from here and from there”
hThat is, 17.5 feet
iHebrew “gate”
jThat is, 22.75 feet; or the inside width of the gateway was 22.75 feet
kOr “guard wall”; others prefer “curb” (NLT)
lLiterally “was to the face of”
mThat is, about 18 inches
nLiterally “cubit one and cubit one”; or 21 inches
oOr “from the front”
pThat is, 10.5 feet
qLiterally “was six cubits from here and six cubits from here”
rLiterally “doorway opposite doorway”