The door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stairs into the middle floor, and out of the middle into the third.
Parallel translations
- KJV The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV The doorway for the middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
- NASB The doorway for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by a winding staircase to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
- NLT The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors.
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Quick answer
A door on the right side led by winding stairs up through the three stories of side rooms. This describes access to the surrounding chambers.
Overview
A staircase connected the lowest, middle, and upper side rooms, allowing use of all three levels. The practical design made the chambers serviceable for storage and temple needs. Such details show the thoughtful and functional planning of the whole structure dedicated to God.
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- Ezek 41:6–7The side rooms were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side rooms all around, that they might be supported, and not penetrate the wall of the house.
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