He measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
Parallel translations
- KJV And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
- BSB And he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.
- ESV Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
- NKJV He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
- NASB And he measured the width of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
- NLT The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17-1/2 feet wide at the opening and 22-3/4 feet wide in the gateway passage.
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