4. The man said to me, ‘Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.’
5. I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.
6. Then he went to the east gate. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep.
7. The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.
8. Then he measured the portico of the gateway;
9. it was eight cubits deep and its jambs were two cubits thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.
10. Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements.
11. Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.
12. In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square.
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.