Eze 41:6-9 | ESV | STEP | And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another , thirty in each story . There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers , so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple .

‏ Ezekiel 41:6-9

6 And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, ^athirty in each story. There were offsets ^{▼▼Septuagint, compare 1 Kings 6:6; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, ^cso that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. 7 And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and ^dso one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. 8 I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of ^esix long cubits. 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. ^fThe free space between the side chambers of the temple and the