9 So he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars,* two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the interior.

2 And the chieftain must come in by the way of the porch of the gate,+ from outside, and stand by the doorpost of the gate;+ and the priests must render up his whole burnt offering and his communion sacrifices, and he must bow down upon the threshold of the gate,+ and he must go out, but the gate itself should not be shut until the evening.