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Ezekiel 42:6

4 In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

5 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

7 An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.

8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.
KJV
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
WEB
For they were in three stories, and they didn’t have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.
ASV
For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the uppermost] was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
DARBY
For they were in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore [the third story] was straitened more than the lowest and the middle-most from the ground.
BLB
For they [were] in three parts, and there was not unto them pillars like the pillars of the courts; upon thus it was shortened from the ground more than the lower and middle.
ÅB
for de lå i tre stokkverk, men hadde ingen søyler, slik som forgårdene hadde; derfor ble rommet i de øverste kammer mindre enn i de nederste og midterste, fra jorden og opp.
OTB
De øvre rommene var mer tilbaketrukket enn de nedre og midtre, da de ikke hadde søyler som forgårdene, noe som gjorde dem mindre i gulvplass.
B1930
for de lå i tre stokkverk, men hadde ingen søiler, således som forgårdene hadde; derfor blev rummet i de øverste kammer mindre enn i de nederste og midterste, fra jorden og opefter.

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  • Ezekiel 41:6

    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.

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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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