⁶ The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he ^[a]made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not ^[b]be inserted in the walls of the house.

¹⁰ He also built the stories against the whole house, each five ^[a]cubits high; and they ^[b]were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.