Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, one hundred cubits.
The pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
Opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court; he measured from gate to gate, one hundred cubits.
There was a gate on the south of the inner court, and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, one hundred cubits.
He measured the court, one hundred cubits deep and one hundred cubits wide, a square, and the altar was in front of the temple.