Ezekiel 41:5-11

New International Version

⁵Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits^[a] wide. ⁶The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty^(A) on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple.^(B) ⁷The side rooms all around the temple were wider at each successive level. The structure surrounding the temple was built in ascending stages, so that the rooms widened as one went upward. A stairway^(C) went up from the lowest floor to the top floor through the middle floor.

⁸I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits. ⁹The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple ¹⁰and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. ¹¹There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area, one on the north and another on the south; and the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around.

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Ezekiel 41:5 That is, about 7 feet or about 2.1 meters

Ezekiel 41:5-11

International Standard Version

⁵Next, he measured the Temple walls at six cubits^[a] high and the width of the side chambers at four cubits^[b] around all four sides of the Temple. ⁶The side chambers consisted of three stories, each above the other, with 30 chambers in each story. The side chambers extended out from the wall that faced the inside of the chambers where the chambers were fastened together, but the chamber walls were not fastened directly into the Temple walls themselves. ⁷The side chambers surrounding the Temple were wider at each successive story, because the surrounding structure ascended by proportional increments as it rose, ascending to the highest story by going up successively from the lowest.

⁸I observed a raised platform that surrounded the Temple, and the foundations of the side chambers were a full six cubits^[c] deep. ⁹The outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits^[d] thick, and there was an empty space between the Temple’s side chambers ¹⁰and its outer chambers 20 cubits^[e] in width, surrounding the Temple on each side. ¹¹The side chamber doorway facing the free space contained a single north-facing doorway and a second south-facing doorway. The width of the free space was five cubits^[f] all around the perimeter.^[g]