“And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.”
The side chambers became wider as they went up, because the structure of the temple had a narrowing ledge all around it, so the width increased as one went up from the lowest to the highest story—explaining the structural arrangement where upper chambers project further than lower ones due to the narrowing profile of the main temple structure. This architecture suggests that the main temple walls taper as they ascend, creating a pyramidal profile. The widening of side chambers compensates for the tapering, ensuring consistent chamber width across stories. This verse explains the dynamic structural relationship between main walls and supporting chambers.
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