7 The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; for the structure surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.
8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.
9 The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet, and the open area between the side chambers of the temple
10 and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.
11 There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8¾ feet all around.
12 The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet all around, and its length 157½ feet.
13 Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,