Measurement of the North Gate

20 And as for the gate that had its face toward the north[fn] of the outer courtyard, he measured its length and its width. 21 And its alcoves were three on each side,[fn] and its pilasters and its porticoshad the same measurement[fn]as the first gate: its length was fifty cubits,[fn] andits width was twenty-five cubits.[fn] 22 And its windows and its porticos and its palm tree images were like the measurement of the gate that was facing toward the east;[fn] andit had[fn] seven steps that go up it, andthere were porticos before them.[fn] 23 And a gate led to the inner courtyard, opposite the gate to the north and to the east, and he measured from gate to gate as a hundred cubits.[fn]