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# The guard chambers

These were rooms that were built inside of the gate where guards stayed to protect the gate.

# five cubits

about 2.7 meters

# there were five cubits between any two of the chambers

"the chambers next to each other were five cubits apart"

# the chambers

"the rooms"

# portico

This was a covering in front of an entrance with columns or posts for support. See Ezekiel 8:16.