36 as did its recesses, jambs, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide. 37 Its portico[a] faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices

38 There was a chamber whose door opened into the gate’s portico.[b] The burnt offering was to be washed there.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 40:37 LXX; MT reads jambs
  2. 40:38 Text emended; MT reads door was by the jambs, at the gates

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