5. Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits wide, and the width of the side chambers stretching all around the temple, four cubits each.
6. There were thirty side chambers, chamber upon chamber in three stories; terraces on the outside wall of the temple enclosing the side chambers provided support, but there were no supports for the temple wall itself.
7. A broad passageway led up the side chambers, for the house was enclosed all the way up and all the way around. Thus the temple was widened by the ascent that went from the lowest story through the middle one to the highest story.
8. I saw a raised platform all around the temple, the foundation for the side chambers; the width of this terrace was a full rod, six cubits.
9. The width of the outside wall enclosing the side chambers was five cubits. There was an open space between the side chambers of the temple
10. and the other chambers that measured twenty cubits around the temple on all sides.