49. Twenty cubits. Some take this measurement to be along the north-south axis of the porch, and suppose that the side chambers ( 41:6, 7) extend across the back as well as along the sides of the building. Others restrict the side chambers to the north and south sides and take the 20 measurement of the porch to be along the east-west axis.
Eleven. The reads “twelve.”
The steps. Like the two courts, the house itself was entered by steps. The number is given by the as ten. The house was still higher in elevation than the inner court. See 716,
Pillars by the posts. Like Solomon’s Temple, this new building was to have a pillar on each side of the steps ( 716, N, N; see 1 Kings 7:15-22).