en_tn_lite_do_not_use/ezk/40/17.md

# General Information:

There were two walls surrounding the temple. The outer wall surrounded the outer courtyard, and within that, the inner wall surrounded the inner courtyard. The inner courtyard was higher than the outer courtyard. Each wall had gates on the east, north, and south sides.

# the man brought me to the outer courtyard of the temple

"The man brought me from outside the temple area into the outer courtyard of the temple"

# outer courtyard

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 10:5](../10/05.md).

# Behold

The word "Behold" here indicates that Ezekiel saw something interesting.

# pavement

a flat floor that is made out of rocks

# with thirty rooms next to the pavement

"and there were 30 rooms all around the pavement" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])