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# surrounding the temple area
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"entirely around the temple area"
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# Each long cubit was a cubit and a handbreadth in length
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Each "long cubit" was about 54 centimeters. You may choose not to include this information if you give modern measurements instead of "cubits" as the UDB does. AT: "These were the long cubits, which were the length of a regular cubit plus a handbreadth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])
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# handbreadth
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"the width of a hand." This was about 8 centimeters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])
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# one stick
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"it was one stick wide." This was about 3.2 meters.
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# the temple gate that faced east
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This gate was part of the wall that surrounded the temple area. It was not part of the temple building itself. AT: "the gate on the eastern side of the wall surrounding the temple" or "the gate on the eastern wall of the temple courtyard"
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# up its steps
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"up the steps of the gate"
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# in depth
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"from the front edge of the threshold to its back edge"
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# The guard chambers
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These were rooms that were built inside of the gate where guards stayed to protect the gate.
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# five cubits
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about 2.7 meters (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])
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# there were five cubits between any two of the chambers
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"the chambers next to each other were five cubits apart" or "there were five cubits between a chamber and the one next to it"
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# the chambers
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"the rooms"
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# portico
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This was a covering in front of an entrance with columns or posts for support. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 8:16](../08/16.md).