40:20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.
1 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
2 tn Heb “the door of the north.”
3 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
4 tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).
5 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
6 tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”