1. Kongebok 6,6

4 Og han laget vinduer for huset med kunstneriske rammer.

5 Han bygde også et tilbygg mot husets vegg rundt veggene i huset, både skipet og det innerste rommet; og han laget sidekamre rundt omkring.

Den nederste etasjen var fem alen bred, den midterste var seks alen bred, og den tredje var syv alen bred; for han laget avsatser på husets vegg rundt omkring, slik at bjelkene ikke skulle settes inn i husets vegger.

7 Huset ble bygget av stein forberedt i steinbruddet, og ingen hammer eller øks eller noe jernverktøy ble hørt i huset mens det ble bygget.

8 Døren til den nederste sidekammeret var på høyre side av huset; og de gikk opp med en vindeltrapp til den midterste etasjen, og fra den midterste til den tredje.

Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
Det nederste stokkverk var fem alen bredt og det mellomste seks alen bredt og det tredje syv alen bredt; for han hadde gjort avsatser på huset rundt omkring på utsiden, så ikke bjelkene skulle gå inn i husets vegger.
OTB
Den nederste etasjen var fem alen bred, den midterste var seks alen bred, og den tredje var syv alen bred; for han laget avsatser på husets vegg rundt omkring, slik at bjelkene ikke skulle settes inn i husets vegger.
B1930
Det nederste stokkverk var fem alen bredt og det mellemste seks alen bredt og det tredje syv alen bredt; for han hadde gjort avsatser på huset rundt omkring på utsiden, så ikke bjelkene skulde gå inn i husets vegger.
BSB
The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
KJV
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
WEB
The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
ASV
The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.
DARBY
The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the [thickness of the wall of] the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house.
BLB
The lowest couch [was] five by the cubit wide, and the middle [was] six by the cubit wide, and the third [was] seven by the cubit wide. For ledges he gave all around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be fastened into the walls of the house.

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