⁶ For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer^[a] court; for this reason the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.^{(A) 7} There was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, fifty cubits long. ⁸ For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the temple were one hundred cubits long.^(B)