The North Gate
The north-facing outer gate is measured and found to mirror the first gate in length, width, chambers, portico, windows, and decoration. Seven steps ascend to it. A corresponding gate to the inner court lies opposite it at a distance of one hundred cubits.
H20e also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north. 21Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them. 23There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.