13. Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from one parapet opening to the opposite one.
14. He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway – sixty cubits. The measurement was up to the portico facing the courtyard.
15. The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.
16. The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all round, as was the portico; the openings all round faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
17. Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all round the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement.