Ezekiel 42:5

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Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

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  • Ezek 41:7 : 7 The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; for the structure surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.

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  • Ezek 42:6-11
    6 verses
    91%

    6For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle ones.

    7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet long.

    8For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet long.

    9Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

    10At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

    11with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances

  • Ezek 42:1-4
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    1Chambers for the Temple Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.

    2Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87½ feet.

    3Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.

    4In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, and their entrances were on the north.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

    6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

  • Ezek 41:5-13
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    5Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10½ feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.

    6The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.

    7The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; for the structure surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.

    8I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.

    9The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet, and the open area between the side chambers of the temple

    10and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.

    11There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8¾ feet all around.

    12The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet thick all around, and its length 157½ feet.

    13Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,

  • Ezek 41:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,

    16as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows(now the windows were covered),

    17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

  • Ezek 40:36
    79%

    36its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

  • Ezek 40:29-30
    2 verses
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    29Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

    30There were porches all around, 43¾ feet long and 8¾ feet wide.

  • 1 Kgs 6:8
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    8The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor.

  • Ezek 40:7
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    7The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

  • Ezek 40:12-13
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    12There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet on either side.

    13He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet from one entrance to the opposite one.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6
    77%

    6He made a colonnade 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.

  • Ezek 40:33-34
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    33Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

    34Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

  • Ezek 40:21
    76%

    21Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

  • Ezek 40:25-26
    2 verses
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    25There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

    26There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.

  • 1 Kgs 6:10
    75%

    10He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

  • Ezek 40:48-49
    2 verses
    75%

    48Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet and the sides were 5¼ feet on each side.

    49The length of the porch was 35 feet and the width 19¼ feet; steps led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

  • 1 Kgs 6:17
    75%

    17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

  • Ezek 41:3
    74%

    3Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, the entrance as 10½ feet, and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet.

  • Ezek 40:17
    74%

    17Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

  • Ezek 40:10
    74%

    10There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement.

  • 2 Chr 3:15
    74%

    15In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52½ feet, with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high.

  • Ezek 40:15
    74%

    15From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet.

  • Ezek 42:15
    73%

    15Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

  • 1 Kgs 6:3
    73%

    3The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

  • Ezek 46:22
    73%

    22In the four corners of the court were small courts, 70 feet in length and 52½ feet in width; the four were all the same size.

  • Ezek 40:45
    73%

    45He said to me,“This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,