1 Then he abrought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the bnorth; and he brought me into cthe chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north.
2 Facing the length, whichwas one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door.
3 Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the apavement of the outer court, wasbgallery against gallery in three stories.
4 In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north.
5 Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building.
6 For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore theupperlevel was1 shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up.
7 And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits.
8 The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one ahundred cubits.
9 At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.
10 Also therewere chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building.
He brought me "before" a row of chambers 100 cubits long, east and west. "The door" of which lay on the north side of the chambers. The priests entered from the outer court (O); the breadth of this block of chambers was fifty cubits, north and south Ezekiel 42:8.
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