16. There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees.
17. Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
18. The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
19. Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.
20. He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.
21. Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.
22. Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.
23. Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet.
24. Then he led me toward the south. I saw a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.
25. There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.
26. There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.