“The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.”
"The lower story of the side structure was five cubits broad, and the middle story was six cubits broad, and the third story was seven cubits broad; for around the outside of the house he made offsets in the wall so that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house." — The *three stories* increase in width as they ascend: *chamesh amot rochab*, *shesh amot*, *sheva amot* (five cubits, six cubits, seven cubits). The *offsets* (*rebatzim*, setbacks or shoulders) in the outer wall allowed the *beams* (*qorot*) to rest *without penetrating* the *temple walls* proper. This architectural detail shows *care* to preserve the sanctity of the main structure's walls—no foreign material intrudes into the sacred space.
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