27. The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.
28. Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.
29. Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
30. (There were porticoes all around, 43 3/4 feet long and 8 3/4 feet wide. )
31. Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.
32. Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others.
33. Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
34. Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.
35. Then he brought me to the north gate. When he measured it, it had the same measurements as the others,
36. as did its recesses, pilasters, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
37. Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.
38. There was a chamber whose door opened into the portico of the gate. The burnt offering was to be washed there.
39. Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and restitution offering.
40. Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.
41. So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done.
42. There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31 1/2 inches long, 31 1/2 inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.
43. There were three-inch hooks fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.
44. Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers: one beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south gate, facing north.