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12 In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch[a] curb. The alcoves themselves were 10 1⁄2 feet[b] on each side.

13 Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43 3⁄4 feet.[c] 14 He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 40:12a Hebrew 1 cubit [53 centimeters].
  2. 40:12b Hebrew 6 cubits [3.2 meters].
  3. 40:13 Hebrew 25 cubits [13.3 meters]; also in 40:21, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36.
  4. 40:14 Hebrew 60 cubits [31.8 meters]. Greek version reads 20 cubits [35 feet or 10.6 meters]. The meaning of the Hebrew in this verse is uncertain.

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