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Between the two blocks of rooms ran a walkway 17 1⁄2 feet[a] wide. It extended the entire 175 feet of the complex,[b] and all the doors faced north. Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them. Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it.

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  1. 42:4a Hebrew 10 cubits [5.3 meters].
  2. 42:4b As in Greek and Syriac versions, which read Its length was 100 cubits [53 meters]; Hebrew reads and a passage 1 cubit [21 inches or 53 centimeters] wide.

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