Bible Strands
Ezekiel 42:6
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel records architectural specifications for a restored temple complex to exiled Israelites, describing the outer chamber building in a vision.
The words — מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת (me.shu.la.shOt) means divided into three parts, and עַמּוּדִים ('a.mu.Dim) means columns. The text states these upper chambers lacked the columns present in the courts, which caused the upper levels to recede further than the lower and middle floors.
The thread — This three-tiered layout matches the side rooms detailed in Ezekiel 41:6, which were also arranged in three levels of thirty rooms each.
Why it lands — The verse requires readers to track how physical constraints like missing support columns directly determine the spatial footprint of each sanctuary level.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 41:6 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.
- 1 Kings 6:8 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.