John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 40:30

"And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad." — Ezekiel 40:30 (ASV)

And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long ,
&c.] That is, high; this was the height of them; these were the frontispiece of the gate to the inner court without, and faced the outward court, as appears by the following verse; these were a kind of portico over the eight steps to this gate after mentioned; they were fourteen yards and three inches high, from the bottom to the top of them: and five cubits broad ;
two yards and a half, one foot and three inches; and which very probably were the breadth of the steps that came up to them: none of these arches were in the second temple, as Lipman ^F13 observes.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F13: Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 22.