When he measured the length of the building facing the separate area behind it, with its galleries on each side, it was 100 cubits. Now the inner Sanctuary and the porches of the court—
Ezekiel 42:5 - Tree of Life Version The upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and the middle ones in the building. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the upper chambers were shorter, for the balconies took off from these more than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. American Standard Version (1901) Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building. Common English Bible The upper chambers were smaller, because the promenades took up more space from them than from the first and second stories. Catholic Public Domain Version In that place, there were storerooms in the upper part of the lower level. For they supported the porticos, which projected from them out of the lower level, and out of the middle of the building. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where were the store chambers lower above: because they bore up the galleries, which appeared above out of them from the lower parts, and from the midst of the building. |
When he measured the length of the building facing the separate area behind it, with its galleries on each side, it was 100 cubits. Now the inner Sanctuary and the porches of the court—
The side chambers were wider as they wound about higher and higher. Because the winding about of the House went higher and higher round about the house, therefore the width of the House expanded. One went up from the lowest row to the highest by way of the middle.
Opposite the 20 cubit space belonging to the inner court and opposite the pavement belonging to the outer court was gallery by gallery in three stories.
For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courtyards; therefore more space was taken away than from the lower and the middle floors, in comparison with the ground.