The length of the building whose door faced north was (A)a hundred cubits,[a] and (B)the breadth fifty cubits. Facing (C)the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing (D)the pavement that belonged to the outer court, was (E)gallery[b] against gallery in three stories. And (F)before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and (G)a hundred cubits long,[c] and (H)their doors were on the north.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 42:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Ezekiel 42:3 The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown; also verse 5
  3. Ezekiel 42:4 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew and a way of one cubit

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