# Connecting Statement:
The narrator continues to list the dimensions of the temple.
# portico
an area of a building made of columns and a roof that leads to and connects with the building's entrance door. This portico was probably attached to the front part of the wall that surrounded the temple.
# twenty cubits ... ten cubits
A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: "9.2 meters ... 4.6 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])