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Ezekiel 41:7

5 Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.

6 The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.

The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.

8 I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.

9 The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple

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BSB
The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
KJV
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
WEB
The side rooms were wider on the higher levels, because the walls were narrower at the higher levels. Therefore the width of the house increased upward; and so one went up from the lowest level to the highest through the middle level.
ASV
And the side-chambers were broader as they encompassed [the house] higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house [continued] upward; and so one went up [from] the lowest [chamber] to the highest by the middle [chamber].
DARBY
And for the side-chambers there was an enlarging, and it went round about [the house] increasing upward; for the surrounding of the house increased upward round about the house; therefore the house had width upward, and so ascended [from] the lower [story] to the upper, by the middle one.
BLB
And it became wider, and went around above [and] above to the side chambers, because the turning round of the house [went] above [and] above round [and] round the house; upon thus the width of the structure [was] above, and the lowest went up to the highest through the middle.
ÅB
Og bredden på sidekammerne tiltok rundt omkring, jo høyere en kom opp; for bygningen om huset gikk høyere og høyere opp rundt omkring huset. Derfor var bredden mot huset større oventil, og fra det nederste stokkverk steg en opp i det øverste gjennom det midterste.
OTB
Siderommene ble bredere for hvert stigende nivå. Strukturen var bygget i etapper, slik at rommene ble bredere etter hvert som man steg opp. En trapp førte fra det laveste til det høyeste nivået via det midterste nivået.
B1930
Og bredden på sidekammerne tiltok rundt omkring, jo høiere en kom op; for bygningen om huset gikk høiere og høiere op rundt omkring huset. Derfor var bredden mot huset større oventil, og fra det nederste stokkverk steg en op i det øverste gjennem det midterste.

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  • 1 Kings 6:8

    The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

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  • Hebrews 6:1

    Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

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  • Matthew 13:32

    Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

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