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Opposite the 20 cubits[a] wide inner court, and opposite the paved area that comprised the outer court, there were three stories of galleries that faced each other. In front of the chambers there was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and 100 cubits[b] wide, the openings to which were on the[c] north. The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building.

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  1. Ezekiel 42:3 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  2. Ezekiel 42:4 So with LXX Syr; MT reads and one cubit
  3. Ezekiel 42:4 Or which faced