The Temple's Chambers
Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. Eze 42:3
the twenty cubits... This would be 35 feet.
in three stories... The rooms in the outer court were also 3 stories high with a walkway of 10 cubits breadth inward, and a way of 1 cubit; the doors opened toward the north (Eze. 42:3-4). This makes it clear that the rooms were on the outer wall of the 300-cubit square.
Priestly rooms are described (in verses 3-12), situated along the South, North and West walls of the sanctuary and Most Holy Place, in 3 stories. Priests eat the holy offerings and dress there.
was gallery against... This gallery did not connect to the inner court, but was between the inner and outer court. “Gallery” means a ledge, walkway, or an offset in a building.
These rooms were three stories high, with the rooms on the third level being narrower than those on the first and second floors (Eze. 42:3-6).
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