Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. Cross References Ezekiel 41:15 Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court, Ezekiel 42:3 Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court. Ezekiel 42:6 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. Treasury of Scripture 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. |
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