gezerah — decree, divine edict

Leviticus 16:22 — “Thus the goat shall carry on it all their iniquities to an inaccessible region; and the goat shall be set free in the wilderness.”

Ezekiel 41:12 — “And the structure that fronted on the vacant space at the [Temple’s] western end was 70 cubits deep; the walls of the structure were 5 cubits thick on every side; and it was 90 cubits wide.”

Ezekiel 41:13 — “He measured the [total] depth of the temple, 100 cubits; and the depth of the vacant space and of the structure, with its walls, also came to 100 cubits.”

Ezekiel 41:14 — “The front side of the temple, like the vacant space on the east, was 100 cubits wide.”

Ezekiel 41:15 — “He also measured the width of the structure facing the vacant space in the rear, inclusive of its ledges, 100 cubits. Both the great hall inside and the portico next to the court—”