6 aThe side chambers were in three stories, 1one above another, and 2thirty in each story; and 3the side chambers bextended to the wall which stood on 4their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.

7 The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the astructure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, therefore the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the 1second story.

8 I saw also that the house had a raised 1platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of asix 2long cubits in height.

9 The 1thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the afree space between the side chambers belonging to the temple

10 and the outer achambers was twenty cubits in width all around the temple on every side.

11 The 1doorways of the 2side chambers toward the afree space consisted of one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the afree space was five cubits all around.