Ezekiel 40:8-9
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, 1 and its jambs as 3½ feet; 2 the porch of the gate faced inward.
Ezekiel 40:7
40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. 3 The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.
1 tn Heb “eight cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).
2 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
3 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.