40:35 Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others – 40:36 its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet 1 and its width 43¾ feet. 2 40:37 Its jambs 3 faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.
40:38 There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; 4 there they washed the burnt offering.
1 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
2 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
1 tc The LXX reads “porches.”
1 tc The MT reads “jambs of the gates” which does not make sense in a context discussing one chamber. The emendation to “porch” is similar to v. 14. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:530.