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Ezekiel 42:6

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For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 6

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. 6

שָׁלַשׁ (shâlash, H8027) — to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years) עַמּוּד (ʻammûwd, H5982) — a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform חָצֵר (châtsêr, H2691) — a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls) אָצַל (ʼâtsal, H680) — to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract תַּחְתּוֹן (tachtôwn, H8481) — bottommost תִּיכוֹן (tîykôwn, H8484) — central אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Ezekiel 41:6rank 3

The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.

I Kings 6:8rank 2

The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

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