He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits; door against door.
Parallel translations
- KJV He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
- BSB Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.
- NKJV Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door.
- NASB And he measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, from one door to the door opposite.
- NLT Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43-3/4 feet.
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