Ezekiel 42:5
The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building.
Ezekiel 41:7
The side chambers surrounding the Temple were wider at each successive story, because the surrounding structure ascended by proportional increments as it rose, ascending to the highest story by going up successively from the lowest.
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Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
Were higher than these
Than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building
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Were higher than these
Ezekiel 41:7
The side chambers surrounding the Temple were wider at each successive story, because the surrounding structure ascended by proportional increments as it rose, ascending to the highest story by going up successively from the lowest.
Than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building
Ezekiel 42:6
The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers.
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Ezekiel 40:7
Each guardhouse measured one reed long and one reed wide, and the distance between each guardhouse was five cubits. The threshold of the gate near the vestibule facing away from the Temple entrance measured one reed.