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26 Seven steps led up to it, its vestibule faced inside; and palms decorated each of the posts opposite one another. 27 The inner court also had a gate facing south. He measured it from gate to gate, facing south, one hundred cubits.

Gates of the Inner Court.[a] 28 Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate, where he measured the south gateway; its measurements were the same as the others.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:28–37 The gates leading into the inner court of the Temple area correspond to the gates leading into the outer court, with the exception that their vestibules are on the outer rather than the inner side.

26 Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side.(A) 27 The inner court(B) also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.(C)

The Gates to the Inner Court

28 Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements(D) as the others.

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