5. I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 101/2 feet long and measured the wall, and the wall was 101/2 feet thick and 101/2 feet high.
6. Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 101/2 feet front to back.
7. There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 101/2 feet square, with a distance between them of 83/4 feet along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 101/2 feet front to back.
8. He also measured the entry room of the gateway.
9. It was 14 feet across, with supporting columns 31/2 feet thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.
10. There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical.
11. The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 171/2 feet wide at the opening and 223/4 feet wide in the gateway passage.