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Ezekiel 42:5

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Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 5

This chapter continues and concludes the describing and measuring of this mystical temple, which it is very hard to understand the particular architecture of, and yet more hard to comprehend the mystical meaning of. Here is, I. A description of the chambers that were about the courts, their situation and structure (Eze 42:1-13), and the uses for which they were designed (Eze 42:13, Eze 42:14). II. A survey of the whole compass of ground which was taken up with the house, and the courts belonging to it (Eze 42:15-20).

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Strong's Concordancev. 5

עֶלְיוֹן (ʻelyôwn, H5945) — an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme לִשְׁכָּה (lishkâh, H3957) — a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging) קָצַר (qâtsar, H7114) — to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially… אַתּוּק (ʼattûwq, H862) — a ledge or offset in abuilding אָכַל (ʼâkal, H398) — to eat (literally or figuratively) הֵנָּה (hênnâh, H2007) — themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation) תַּחְתּוֹן (tachtôwn, H8481) — bottommost תִּיכוֹן (tîykôwn, H8484) — central בִּנְיָן (binyân, H1146) — an edifice

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Ezekiel 41:7rank 2

The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.

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