23. The inner courtyard had a gate. It faced the gate on the north. It was just like the east gate. He measured from one gate to the one across from it. The total was 175 feet.
24. Then the man led me to the south side of the courtyard. There I saw a gate that faced south. He measured its doorposts and porch. They measured the same as the others.
25. The gateway and its porch had narrow openings all around. The openings were the same as the others had. The side walls and porch measured 87 and a half feet long and almost 44 feet wide.
26. Seven steps led up to it. Its porch was across from them. The front of each side wall was decorated with a palm tree.
27. The inner courtyard also had a gate that faced south. The man measured from that gate to the outer gate on the south side. The total was 175 feet.
28. Then the man brought me into the inner courtyard. We went through the south gate. He measured it. It was the same size as the others.
29. Its rooms, side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the other gateways. The gateway and its porch had openings all around. The side walls and porch measured 87 and a half feet long and almost 44 feet wide.
30. The porches of the gateways around the inner courtyard were almost 44 feet wide and 9 feet long.
31. Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees decorated its doorposts. Eight steps led up to it.
32. Then the man brought me to the east side of the inner courtyard. There he measured the gateway. It was the same size as the others.
33. Its rooms, side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the other gateways. The gateway and its porch had openings all around. The side walls and porch measured 87 and a half feet long and almost 44 feet wide.
34. Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Each doorpost was decorated with a palm tree. Eight steps led up to the porch.
35. Then the man brought me to the north gate. He measured it. It was the same size as the others.
36. Its rooms, side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the other gateways. It had openings all around. The side walls and the porch measured 87 and a half feet long and almost 44 feet wide.
37. The porch faced the outer courtyard. Each doorpost was decorated with a palm tree. Eight steps led up to the porch.
38. A room with a doorway was by the porch of each inner gateway. The burnt offerings were washed there.
39. On each side of the porch of the gateway were two tables. The burnt offerings were killed on them. So were the sin offerings and guilt offerings.
40. Two more tables were by the outer wall of the gateway porch. They were near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway. Two more tables were on the other side of the steps.
41. So there were four tables on each side of the gateway. The total number of tables was eight. Animals for sacrifice were killed on all of them.