^6:6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet⁸ wide, the middle floor nine feet⁹ wide, and the third floor ten and a half¹⁰ feet wide. He made ledges¹¹ on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.¹²

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Footnotes

8 Heb “five cubits.”
9 Heb “six cubits.”
10 Heb “seven cubits.”
11 Or “offsets” (, , , ); “offset ledges.”
12 Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The lowest chamber was 7½ feet wide, the middle was 9 feet wide, and the third was 10½ feet wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

NLTNew Living Translation

The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7½ feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10½ feet wide. The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The lower structure was five cubits in its width and the middle was six cubits in its width and the third was seven cubits in its width, for he made niches for the temple all around to the outside, so that beams would not attach to the walls of the temple.

KJV 1900King James Version

The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

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