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<c went up the feven fteps thereof, ab, and meafured the thref- TEWn,LE oF

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“ hold of the gate, cd, which was one reed broad, and the por~ters little chamber, efg, one reed long, and one reed broad;and the arched paffage between the little cliambers, fh, five" cubits: and the fecond little chamber, hik, a reed broad and" a reed long ; and the arched paffage, il, five cubits : and the" third little chamber lmn, a reed long and a reed broad : and" the threfhold of the gate next the porch of the gate within,

" op, one reed : and he meafured the porch of the gate, qr,

" eight cubits; and the pofts thereof, st, st, two cubits; and" the porch of the gate, qr, was inward, or toward the inward" court ; and the little chambers, ef, hi, lm, ef, hi, lm, were" outward, or to the eaft ; three on this fide, and three on that" fide of the gate. There was one meafure of the three, and" one meafure of the pofts on this fide, and on that fide ; and" he meafured the breadth of the door of the gate, cc, or d d,u ten cubits ; and the breadth of the gate within between the lit-" tle chambers , i:e or vf thirteen cubits; and the limit, or mar-" gin, or ftep before the little chambers, em, one cubit on this" fide, and the ftep, em, one cubit on the other fide; and the" little chambers, efg, hik, lmn, efg, hik, lmn, were lix cubits" broad on this fide, and lix cubits broad on that fide : and he" meafured the whole breadth of the gate, from the further wall" of one little chamber to the further wall of another little cham-" ber : the breadth, g g or Y.k, or mi, was twenty and five cu-" bits through ; door, fh, againft door, fh : and he meafured“ the pofts, ef, hi, and lm, ef, hi, and lm, twenty cubits high ;

" and at the pofts there were gates, or arched pajfages, fh, il,

" fh, il, round about; and from the eajlern face of the gate at" the entrance, cc, to the wejiern face of the porch of the gate" within, t t, were ftfty cubits : and there were narrow Windows" to the little chambers, and to the porch within the gate, round" about, and likewife to the pofts; even Windows were round" about within ; and upon each poft palm-trees.

" Then he brouglit me into the Outward Court, and lo there" were chambers, and a pavement with pillars upon it in the" court round about; thirty chambers in length upon the pave- 1.

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