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Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of (A)the side chambers, four cubits, (B)all round the temple. And the side chambers were in three storeys, one over another, (C)thirty in each storey. There were offsets[a] all round the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, (D)so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. 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 (E)so one went up from the lowest storey to the top storey through the middle storey. I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all round; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of (F)six long cubits. The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. (G)The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the

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  1. Ezekiel 41:6 Septuagint, compare 1 Kings 6:6; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain