Ezekiel 40:7-13

40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. ¹  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, ²  and its jambs as 3½ feet; ³  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. ⁴  40:11 He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, ⁵  and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet. ⁶  40:12 There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet ⁷  on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet ⁸  on either side. 40:13 He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet ⁹  from one entrance to the opposite one.

Ezekiel 40:16

40:16 There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. ¹⁰ 

¹ 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.

² tn Heb “eight cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).

³ 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.

⁵ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

⁶ tn Heb “thirteen cubits” (i.e., 6.825 meters).

⁷ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

⁸ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

¹⁰ sn Decorative palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).