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11 Then he measured the width of the entry into the gateway. It was ten cubits, and the length of the gateway was thirteen cubits.[a] 12 There was a barrier in front of the guardrooms, one cubit wide, on both sides of the passage. Each guardroom was six cubits square.[b]

13 Next he measured the passageway through the gatehouse, from the outside edge of the ceiling of one guardroom to the outside edge of the ceiling opposite it. The total width was twenty-five cubits.[c] The doorways to the guardrooms were facing each other on each side of the passageway.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:11 The passageway through the gatehouse was thus about 18 feet wide and 23 feet long.
  2. Ezekiel 40:12 About 10 feet
  3. Ezekiel 40:13 About 44 feet. The verse is difficult. It appears that this measurement is the total width of the gatehouse, including the passageway and the guardrooms on each side of it.