it[a] was eight cubits[b] deep and its jambs were two cubits[c] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

10 Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements. 11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it
  2. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 4.2 metres
  3. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 1 metre
  4. Ezekiel 40:11 That is, about 5.3 metres wide and 6.9 metres long