那门既高二十肘,门上那一间浸身之房至少又高三肘,所以那水高过院子的地面二十三肘。革玛拉问:怎么只二十三肘呢?门上天花板的厚一肘、浸池底上抹灰的厚一肘,岂不共该有二十五肘么?革玛拉答:圣殿的门既是大理石造的,造得极薄。天花板的厚与那层灰的厚,都不到一肘。革玛拉问:可那天花板与那层灰究竟还有些厚度,加起来仍过二十三肘罢?革玛拉答:不错;只是那天花板既不满一肘,他算的时候就不把它计在内。
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那门既高二十肘,门上那一间浸身之房至少又高三肘,所以那水高过院子的地面二十三肘。
As the gate is twenty cubits high, and the immersion chamber above it is at least three additional cubits high, the water was twenty-three cubits above the ground of the courtyard.
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革玛拉问:怎么只二十三肘呢?
The Gemara asks: How could it be only twenty-three cubits higher?
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门上天花板的厚一肘、浸池底上抹灰的厚一肘,岂不共该有二十五肘么?
Isn’t there the cubit of the thickness of the ceiling over the gate and the cubit of the thickness of the plaster sealing of the ritual bath floor for a total of at least twenty-five cubits?
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革玛拉答:圣殿的门既是大理石造的,造得极薄。
The Gemara answers: With regard to the Temple gates, since they were constructed of marble, they constructed them with minimal thickness.
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天花板的厚与那层灰的厚,都不到一肘。
Neither the thickness of the ceiling nor the thickness of the plaster was a cubit.
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革玛拉问:可那天花板与那层灰究竟还有些厚度,加起来仍过二十三肘罢?
The Gemara asks: But isn’t there that minimal thickness of the ceiling and the plaster that would nevertheless total more than twenty-three cubits?
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革玛拉答:不错;只是那天花板既不满一肘,他算的时候就不把它计在内。
The Gemara answers: Indeed; however, since the ceiling was not a whole cubit he does not consider it in his calculation.