26. There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.
27. The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.
28. Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.
29. Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.
30. There were porches all around, 43¾ feet long and 8¾ feet wide.