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12 The retaining[a] wall in front of the guardhouses measured one cubit[b] wide. It stood one cubit[c] from the wall to the guardhouses, which were six cubits[d] square.[e] 13 He measured the gate from the roof of the guardhouses to the roof of another[f] at 25 cubits[g] from doorway to opposite doorway. 14 Then he measured[h] the open air porch[i] at 60 cubits[j] from the doorjamb of the courtyard that encompassed the gate.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:12 Lit. border; or barrier
  2. Ezekiel 40:12 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  3. Ezekiel 40:12 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  4. Ezekiel 40:12 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  5. Ezekiel 40:12 Lit. were six cubits from here and six cubits from here.
  6. Ezekiel 40:13 The Heb. lacks of another
  7. Ezekiel 40:13 I.e. about 43.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  8. Ezekiel 40:14 Lit. made
  9. Ezekiel 40:14 So LXX; MT reads the jamb
  10. Ezekiel 40:14 I.e. about 106.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches