“And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.”
The side chambers were arranged in three stories, one above another, thirty chambers in each story, and the side chambers rested on ledges which were part of the temple walls, so that they were not inserted into the walls of the temple—describing the multi-story arrangement of supporting chambers and their structural support. The three stories suggest vertical development and substantial supporting space. The thirty chambers per story provide capacity for priestly storage and administrative functions. The specification that chambers rest on ledges rather than being inserted into walls preserves the integrity of the main walls. This verse describes the structural arrangement of supporting chambers.
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