⁵Now the upper ^bchambers were shorter: for ^hthe galleries ^||^lwere higher than these, ^||^mthan the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

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bSee ch. 40:17.
hver. 5. ch. 41:15, 16.
||Or, did eat of these.
lComp. ch. 41:7.
||Or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost.
mver. 6.

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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.