Ezekiel 40:13 - Exposition

The breadth of the gate from the roof of one little chamber or lodge to another, measuring from door to door, was five and twenty cubits , which were thus made up: 10 cubits of footway + 12 (2 x 6) cubits for the two guard-rooms + 3 (2 x say 1.5) cubits for the thickness of the two side walls = 25 cubits in all. According to Ezekiel 40:42 , the length of a hewn stone was one cubit and a half. The doors from which the measurements were taken must have been in the side walls at the back of the guard- looms.