15. From the front of the gatehouse at its outer entry to the gateway of the porch facing inward, the length was fifty cubits.
16. There were recessed windows in the cells on all sides and in the posts on the inner side of the gate. Posts and windows were all around the inside, with palm trees decorating the posts.
17. Then he brought me to the outer court, where there were chambers and pavement laid all around the courtyard: thirty chambers facing the pavement.
18. The pavement lay alongside the gatehouses, the same length as the gates; this was the lower pavement.
19. He measured the length of the pavement from the front of the lower gate to the outside of the inner gate, one hundred cubits. He then moved from the east to the north side.
20. He measured the length and width of the north gate of the outer courtyard.
21. Its cells, three on each side, its posts, and its vestibule had the same measurements as those of the first gate, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
22. Its windows, its vestibule, and its palm decorations had the same proportions as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, and its vestibule faced the inside.
23. The inner court had a gate opposite the north gate, just as at the east gate; he measured one hundred cubits from one gate to the other.
24. Then he led me to the south. There, too, facing south, was a gate! He measured its posts and vestibule; they were the same size as the others.
25. The gate and its vestibule had windows on both sides, like the other windows, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
26. Seven steps led up to it, its vestibule faced inside; and palms decorated each of the posts opposite one another.
27. The inner court also had a gate facing south. He measured it from gate to gate, facing south, one hundred cubits.
28. Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate, where he measured the south gateway; its measurements were the same as the others.
29. Its cells, posts, and vestibule were the same size as the others, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
30. The vestibules all around were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.
31. Its vestibule faced the outer court; palms decorated its posts, and its stairway had eight steps.