Yehezkiel 40:47-48

40:47 He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; ¹  the altar was in front of the temple.

40:48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet ²  on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet ³  and the sides ⁴  were 5¼ feet ⁵  on each side.

[40:47]  ¹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, a square” (i.e., 52.5 meters by 52.5 meters).

[40:48]  ² tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[40:48]  ³ tn The LXX reads “fourteen cubits” (i.e., 7.35 meters). See following note.

[40:48]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

[40:48]  tn Or “sidewalls.”

[40:48]  ⁵ tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).