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.