Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

The twenty

Bible References

The twenty

Ezekiel 41:10
and the outer chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.

The pavement

Ezekiel 40:17
Then he brought me into the outer courtyard, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
2 Chronicles 7:3
When all the people of Israel saw how the fire came down and saw the glory and brilliance of the Lord upon the house, they bowed down on the stone pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and praised the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever.”

Gallery against

Ezekiel 41:15
He (the angel) measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches (porticoes) of the courtyard.
Song of Songs 1:17

“The beams of our houses are cedars,
Our rafters and panels are cypresses.
Song of Songs 7:5

“Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head like purple threads;
I, the king, am held captive by your tresses.