Discovery BoxEzekiel 40:12 
Context40:12 There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet 1 on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet 2 on either side.
Ezekiel 40:7
Context40:7 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.
Ezekiel 40:10
Context40:10 There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement. 4
Ezekiel 40:21
Context40:21 Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet 5 long and 43¾ feet 6 wide.
Ezekiel 40:36
Context40:36 its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet 7 and its width 43¾ feet. 8
Ezekiel 40:16
Context40:16 There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. 9
Ezekiel 40:29
Context40:29 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet 10 and its width 43¾ feet. 11
Ezekiel 40:33
Context40:33 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet 12 and its width 43¾ feet. 13
1 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
2 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 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.
4 sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.
5 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
6 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
7 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
8 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
9 sn Decorative palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).
10 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
11 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
12 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
13 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
