“Then he brought me
To the outer court.
There were chambers there.
There was a pavement,
All around the court.
Thirty chambers
Fronted on the pavement.
The pavement
Ran along
The side of the gates.
They corresponded
To the length
Of the gates.
This was the lower pavement.
Then he measured
The distance
From the inner front
Of the lower gate
To the outer front
Of the inner court,
One hundred cubits.”
Then the bronze man brought Ezekiel to the outer court, where there were 30 chambers with a pavement all around the court. These chambers looked out on the pavement that ran along the side of the gates. The length of this lower pavement was the same as the gates themselves. The bronze man measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, 100 cubits or over 165 feet, the largest measurement so far.
