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.
33. 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.
34. Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Each doorpost was decorated with a palm tree. Eight steps led up to the porch.
35. Then the man brought me to the north gate. He measured it. It was the same size as the others.
36. Its rooms, side walls and porch measured the same as the ones at the other gateways. It had openings all around. The side walls and the porch measured 87 and a half feet long and almost 44 feet wide.
37. The porch faced the outer courtyard. Each doorpost was decorated with a palm tree. Eight steps led up to the porch.
38. A room with a doorway was by the porch of each inner gateway. The burnt offerings were washed there.
39. On each side of the porch of the gateway were two tables. The burnt offerings were killed on them. So were the sin offerings and guilt offerings.
40. Two more tables were by the outer wall of the gateway porch. They were near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway. Two more tables were on the other side of the steps.
41. So there were four tables on each side of the gateway. The total number of tables was eight. Animals for sacrifice were killed on all of them.
42. There were also four other tables for the burnt offerings. They were made out of blocks of stone. Each table was two and a half feet long and two and a half feet wide. And each was almost two feet high. The tools for killing the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.
43. Large hooks hung on the walls all around. Each was three inches long. The meat of the offerings was placed on the tables.
44. Near the inner gates were two rooms. They were in the inner courtyard. One room was next to the north gate. It faced south. The other one was next to the south gate. It faced north.
45. The man said to me, "The room that faces south is for the priests who are in charge of the temple.
46. The one that faces north is for the priests who are in charge of the altar. All of those priests are the sons of Zadok. They are the only Levites who can approach the Lord to serve him."
47. Then the man measured the courtyard. It was square. It measured 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
48. The man brought me to the porch of the temple. He measured the doorposts of the porch. Each of them was almost nine feet wide. The entrance was 24 and a half feet wide. Each of the side walls was a little over five feet wide.