Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building. New Living Translation Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them. English Standard Version Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. Berean Standard Bible Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. King James Bible Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. New King James Version Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building. New American Standard Bible Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. NASB 1995 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. NASB 1977 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. Legacy Standard Bible Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. Amplified Bible Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took away more space from them than from the chambers on the lower and middle stories of the building; Christian Standard Bible The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building. Holman Christian Standard Bible The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building. American Standard Version Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building. Contemporary English Version The rooms on the top level were narrower than those on the middle level, and the rooms on the middle level were narrower than those on the bottom level. English Revised Version Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building. GOD'S WORD® Translation The side rooms on the third story were narrower than those on the first or second stories of the building because the corridors took space away from them. Good News Translation The rooms at the upper level of the building were narrower than those at the middle and lower levels because they were set further back. International Standard Version The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building. Majority Standard Bible Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. NET Bible Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. New Heart English Bible Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building. Webster's Bible Translation Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. World English Bible Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the upper chambers [are] short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building; Young's Literal Translation And the upper chambers are short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building; Smith's Literal Translation And the upper cells shortened, for the offsets will prevail above these, from the lower and from the middle of the building: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhere were the store chambers lower above: because they bore up the galleries, which appeared above out of them from the lower parts, and from the midst of the building. Catholic Public Domain Version In that place, there were storerooms in the upper part of the lower level. For they supported the porticos, which projected from them out of the lower level, and out of the middle of the building. New American Bible The upper chambers were shorter because they lost space to the lower and middle tiers of the building. New Revised Standard Version Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers in the building. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow the upper rooms were smaller because the stairway went through them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the chambers above were small, because the stairs were entering into them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the upper walks were in like manner: for the peristyle projected from it, even from the range of columns below, and there was a space between; so were there a peristyle and a space between, and so were there two porticos. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Chambers for the Priests…4In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north. 5Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. 6For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.… Cross References 1 Kings 6:5-6 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms. / The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls. 1 Kings 6:10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar. 1 Kings 6:8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor. 1 Kings 7:2-3 He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. / The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row. 1 Kings 7:6 Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico. 1 Kings 7:12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 3:9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. 2 Chronicles 3:11-12 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub. / The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub. 2 Chronicles 4:7 He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. 2 Chronicles 4:22 the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall. 2 Chronicles 5:1 So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God. 2 Chronicles 5:7-8 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim. / For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles. 2 Chronicles 5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt. 2 Chronicles 5:13-14 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. 2 Chronicles 6:2 But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.” Treasury of Scripture Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. were higher than these. Jump to Previous Building Cells Chambers Contain Covered Floors Galleries Higher Lower Middle Middlemost Narrower Ones Rooms Short Shorter Smaller Space Upper WaysJump to Next Building Cells Chambers Contain Covered Floors Galleries Higher Lower Middle Middlemost Narrower Ones Rooms Short Shorter Smaller Space Upper WaysEzekiel 42 1. The chambers for the priests13. The use thereof 15. The measures of the outward court Now the upper chambers The phrase "upper chambers" refers to the rooms located on the higher levels of the temple complex. In the Hebrew text, the word for "chambers" is "עֲלִיּוֹת" (aliyot), which often denotes upper rooms or lofts. These chambers were likely used for various purposes, including storage or as living quarters for priests. The concept of upper chambers is significant in biblical architecture, symbolizing a place closer to God, as they are physically elevated. This elevation can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual elevation and closeness to the divine presence. were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Now the upperהָעֶלְיוֹנֹ֖ת (hā·‘el·yō·w·nōṯ) Article | Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme chambers וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹת (wə·hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 3957: Room, chamber, hall, cell [were] smaller קְצֻר֑וֹת (qə·ṣu·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the galleries אַתִּיקִ֜ים (’at·tî·qîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 862: A ledge, offset in a, building took more space יוֹכְל֨וּ (yō·wḵ·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3201: To be able, have power from the chambers מֵהֵ֗נָה (mê·hê·nāh) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person feminine plural Strong's 2007: Themselves on the lower מֵֽהַתַּחְתֹּנ֛וֹת (mê·hat·taḥ·tō·nō·wṯ) Preposition-m, Article | Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 8481: Lower, lowest and middle floors וּמֵהַתִּֽכֹנ֖וֹת (ū·mê·hat·ti·ḵō·nō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article | Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 8484: Central of the building. בִּנְיָֽן׃ (bin·yān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1146: A structure Links Ezekiel 42:5 NIVEzekiel 42:5 NLT Ezekiel 42:5 ESV Ezekiel 42:5 NASB Ezekiel 42:5 KJV Ezekiel 42:5 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 42:5 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 42:5 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 42:5 French Bible Ezekiel 42:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter (Ezek. 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