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The side chambers consisted of three stories, each above the other, with 30 chambers in each story. The side chambers extended out from the wall that faced the inside of the chambers where the chambers were fastened together, but the chamber walls were not fastened directly into the Temple walls themselves. The side chambers surrounding the Temple were wider at each successive story, because the surrounding structure ascended by proportional increments as it rose, ascending to the highest story by going up successively from the lowest.

I observed a raised platform that surrounded the Temple, and the foundations of the side chambers were a full six cubits[a] deep.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:8 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches