Ezekiel 40:6-10
Context40:6 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
[40:6] 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.
[40:7] 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.
[40:9] 3 tn Heb “eight cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).
[40:9] 4 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
[40:10] 4 sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.