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Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.

I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 10 1⁄2 feet[a] high. The outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 8 3⁄4 feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms

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Footnotes

  1. 41:8 Hebrew 1 rod, 6 cubits [3.2 meters].

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