Then he measured the wall of the [a]temple, six cubits; and the width of the (A)side chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side. (B)The side chambers were in three stories, [b]one above another, and [c]thirty in each story; and [d]the side chambers (C)extended to the wall which stood on [e]their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself. The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the (D)structure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, therefore the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the [f]second story.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit house, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit chamber upon chamber
  3. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit thirty times
  4. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit they were coming
  5. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit the inside of the side chambers
  6. Ezekiel 41:7 Lit middle