the arches: These are supposed to have been built over the spaces which separated the little chambers, or porters' lodges.
five and: Ezekiel 40:21, Ezekiel 40:25, Ezekiel 40:29, Ezekiel 40:33, Ezekiel 40:36
five cubits: Instead of five cubits, it seems evident, from the parallel places, that we should read twenty-five. The word êsrim: appears to have been lost out of the text.
broad: Heb. breadth