5 Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building.

5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

5 Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.

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

5 The top rooms were narrower, because the balconies took more space from them. The rooms on the first and second stories of the building were wider.

5 Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

5 And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.

5 The side rooms on the third story were narrower than those on the first or second stories of the building because the corridors took space away from them.

5 The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers in the building.

5 And the upper chambers narrowed, for the galleries took away space from them more than they took from the lower levels and more than they took from the middle level in the building.

5 The rooms on the top floor were narrower than the others. The walkways took up more space from them than they did from the rooms on the other two floors.

5 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.