New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ezekiel 40:9-16 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

9. eight cubits, and its posts, two cubits each. The vestibule faced the inside.

10. On each side of the east gatehouse were three cells, all the same size; their posts were all the same size.

11. He measured the width of the gate’s entryway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate itself, thirteen cubits.

12. The borders in front of the cells on both sides were one cubit, while the cells themselves measured six cubits by six cubits from one opening to the next.

13. Next he measured the gatehouse from the back wall of one cell to the back wall of the cell on the opposite side through the openings facing each other, a width of twenty-five cubits.

14. All around the courtyard of the gatehouse were posts six cubits high.

15. From the front of the gatehouse at its outer entry to the gateway of the porch facing inward, the length was fifty cubits.

16. There were recessed windows in the cells on all sides and in the posts on the inner side of the gate. Posts and windows were all around the inside, with palm trees decorating the posts.