40:17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw 1 chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. 40:18 The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. 40:19 Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet 2 on the east and on the north.
40:20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).