Ezekiel 40:17-27

Ezekiel 40:17-27 TPT

Then the shining man brought me into the outer court, and behold, there was a spacious terrace paved with stones, and thirty chambers were built against the outer wall. This paved terrace, or Lower Terrace, was as wide as the gateways were long and extended throughout the courtyard. Then he measured the width of the courtyard, from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was one hundred cubits on the east side. Then he went to measure the north side. Behold, there was a gate in the outer courtyard that faced to the north. He measured its length and width. The length of the gateway was fifty cubits, and its width was twenty-five cubits. Its pillars and porch were of the same size as those of the first gate. It also had three guardrooms on each side. Its windows, its porch, and its palm trees were of the same measurement as those of the east gate. There were also seven steps leading up to it, and its porch was at the end facing the courtyard. In the inner court across from the north gate there was another gateway leading into the inner courtyard, just as there was opposite the east gate. He measured the distance from one gate to the other, and it was one hundred cubits. Next, the shining man took me to the south side, and behold, there was another gate. He measured its pillars and porch; they were of the same dimensions as the others. The gateway, as well as its porch, had narrow windows all around, like the windows of the others; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five wide and had seven steps leading up to it. Its porch was at the inner end and had palm trees carved on its pillars, one on either side. There was also a lower gate on the south side of the inner court. He measured the distance southward from one gate to the other as one hundred cubits.