^5 (A)He also built a structure^[a] against the wall of the house, running round the walls of the house, both the nave and ^(B)the inner sanctuary. And he made ^(C)side chambers all round.

⁸ The entrance for the lowest^[a] storey was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle storey, and from the middle storey to the third.

⁶ And the side chambers were in three storeys, one over another, ^(A)thirty in each storey. There were offsets^[a] all round the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, ^(B)so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. ⁷ And it became broader as it wound upwards to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upwards all round the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upwards, and ^(C)so one went up from the lowest storey to the top storey through the middle storey. ⁸ I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all round; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of ^(D)six long cubits. ⁹ The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. ^(E)The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the