Ezekiel 40:11

breadth of the entry The "breadth" the measure from N. to S. of the outside entrance was 10 cubits, Fig. 1, ee, ff;and this was the breadth of the passage all along, except perhaps before the guardrooms, the barrier in front of which on both sides contracted it from 10 to 8 cubits (Ezekiel 40:12).

length of the gate the gateway. This statement that the length of the gateway was 13 cubits is very obscure. The length of the gateway was 50 cubits (Ezekiel 40:15). "Length" is a measurement from E. to W., and cannot be taken in the sense of "height." It has been suggested that possibly the whole gateway of 50 cubits was not covered; that it consisted of a covered portion at each end, with an unroofed space in the middle, and that this covered portion is here referred to. But no ground appears for calling one part of the passage the gateway; and further the guardrooms and intermediate spaces were provided with windows, a fact which suggests that the whole was roofed over. LXX. read or perhaps interpreted "breadth," which is equally obscure.