18. The sidewalk went all the way up to the sides of the gateways. It was as wide as they were long. That was the lower sidewalk.
19. Then he measured from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner courtyard. The east side measured 175 feet. So did the north side.
20. Then the man measured the gate that faced north. He wanted to show me how long and wide it was. The gate led into the outer courtyard.
21. It had three rooms on each side. Their side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the first gateway. They measured 87 and a half feet long and almost 44 feet wide.
22. Its openings, porch and palm tree decorations measured the same as the ones at the east gate. Seven steps led up to the north gate. Its porch was across from them.
23. The inner courtyard had a gate. It faced the gate on the north. It was just like the east gate. He measured from one gate to the one across from it. The total was 175 feet.
24. Then the man led me to the south side of the courtyard. There I saw a gate that faced south. He measured its doorposts and porch. They measured the same as the others.
25. The gateway and its porch had narrow openings all around. The openings were the same as the others had. The side walls and porch measured 87 and a half feet long and almost 44 feet wide.
26. Seven steps led up to it. Its porch was across from them. The front of each side wall was decorated with a palm tree.
27. The inner courtyard also had a gate that faced south. The man measured from that gate to the outer gate on the south side. The total was 175 feet.
28. Then the man brought me into the inner courtyard. We went through the south gate. He measured it. It was the same size as the others.
29. Its rooms, side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the other gateways. The gateway and its porch had openings all around. The side walls and porch measured 87 and a half feet long and almost 44 feet wide.
30. The porches of the gateways around the inner courtyard were almost 44 feet wide and 9 feet long.
31. Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees decorated its doorposts. Eight steps led up to it.
32. Then the man brought me to the east side of the inner courtyard. There he measured the gateway. It was the same size as the others.