Measuring the Outer Court Gates

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He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

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Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

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There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

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Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.

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Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.

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The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.

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