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.