9 - it Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts [gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. [9] Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it] was eight cubits That is, about 14 feet or about 4.2 meters deep and its jambs were two cubits That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1 meter thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.