5 The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.
6 For they were arranged in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle stories.
7 A wall on the outside ran in front of the chambers, parallel to them, toward the outer court; it was 87 1/2 feet long.
8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87 1/2 feet long, while those facing the great hall were 175 feet long.
9 At the base of these chambers there was an entryway on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
10 In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the south, there were chambers facing the temple yard and the western building,
11 with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that faced north. Their length and width, as well as all their exits, measurements, and entrances, were identical.