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The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
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Verse 6. Temple. This was done for greater respect, and that the walls might not be injured. Ezechiel (41:6,) counts 33 chambers on the three sides. S. Jerom seems to double that number; while Josephus acknowledges only 30. Calmet.—Salien has 42, or 14 in each story.
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