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.

[40:7]  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.

[40:9]  ² tn Heb “eight cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).

[40:9]  ³ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

[40:10]  ³ sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.

[40:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

[40:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “thirteen cubits” (i.e., 6.825 meters).

[40:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[40:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[40:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).