¹⁵ He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its ^(A)galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner ^[a]temple and the porches of the court,

³ Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the ^(A)pavement of the outer court, was ^(B)gallery against gallery in three stories.

The Chambers for the Priests

42 Then he ^(A)brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the ^(B)north; and he brought me into ^(C)the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north.

⁷ “Thus says the Lord of hosts:

Outer Dimensions of the Temple

¹⁵ Now when he had finished measuring the inner ^[a]temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the ^(A)east, and measured it all around.

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.

¹⁷ from the space above the door, even to the inner ^[a]room, as well as outside, and on every wall all around, inside and outside, by measure.

The Building at the Western End

¹² The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.