וּגְב֞וּל לִפְנֵ֤י הַתָּאוֹת֙ אַמָּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ת וְאַמָּה־אַחַ֥ת גְּב֖וּל מִפֹּ֑ה וְהַתָּ֕א שֵׁשׁ־אַמּ֣וֹת מִפּ֔וֹ וְשֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת מִפּֽוֹ׃
Et devant les loges de service il y avait une barrière d’une coudée [d’un côté] et une barrière d’une coudée de l’autre. Quant à la loge, elle avait six coudées d’un côté et six coudées de l’autre.
The Third Beit HaMikdash
The wall of the vestibule was 6 cubits thick, and it was positioned 1 1/2 cubits from the inner space of the gateway. The wall of the cell was 5 cubits thick, and it was positioned 2 1/2 cubits from the inner space of the gateway. Thus the inner space of the cell was positioned 6 cubits from the inner space of the vestibule. This is the meaning of the verse,5Ibid.:12. “The cell,6Even though the cells and the vestibule were on different sides of the gate, the prophet mentions one in connection with the other. six cubits on one side and six cubits on the other side.” Even though the narrative mentioned the dimensions of the cell previously,7Ibid.:7. here, the verse is saying that both the southern and the northern cells were positioned 6 cubits from the inner space of the vestibule. Radak offers a similar interpretation.