Ezekiel 42:5

Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

Ezekiel 41:7

The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; for the structure surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.

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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; for the structure surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.

Than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building

Ezekiel 42:6
For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.

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Ezekiel 40:7
The alcoves were 10? feet long and 10? feet wide; between the alcoves were 8? feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10? feet.

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