וַיָּ֣מָד אֶת־הַשַּׁ֗עַר מִגַּ֤ג הַתָּא֙ לְגַגּ֔וֹ רֹ֕חַב עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ אַמּ֑וֹת פֶּ֖תַח נֶ֥גֶד פָּֽתַח׃
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The Third Beit HaMikdash
The wall of the cell was 5 cubits, as it is written: “The cell was one measuring rod long and one measuring rod wide, between the cells” – i.e., the wall between the cells – “was 5 cubits.”4Yechezkel 40:7. Thus the space from the edge of the roof of the cell on one side of the gateway to the edge of the roof on the other side was 25 cubits. This sum is derived as follows: The thickness of the wall on either side was 5 cubits, for a total of 10 cubits. The walls are included in our calculation of the space between the edges of the roofs, because the roof did not cover the wall. Rather, it only covered the empty space called “the cell.” Adding the 2 1/2 cubits on either side that we discussed above, brings the total to 15 cubits. The inner space of the gateway was 10 cubits. Thus there were 25 cubits between the edge of the cell’s roof on one side of the gateway to the edge of the roof on the other side of the gateway. This is the meaning of the verse:5Ibid.:13. “He measured the gateway from the roof of the cell to the roof [of the opposite cell] as 25 cubits.”