Ezekiel 40:6-10

40:6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep. ¹  40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. ²  The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet. 40:8 Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet. 40:9 He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, ³  and its jambs as 3½ feet; ⁴  the porch of the gate faced inward. 40:10 There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement. ⁵ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517.

² tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase “10½ feet” in v. 5.

³ tn Heb “eight cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).

⁴ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

⁴ sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.