⁵The 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.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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