There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.
Parallel translations
- KJV And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
- BSB There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
- NKJV There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
- NASB There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window at three intervals.
- NLT On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.
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- Ezek 40:22The windows of it, and its arches, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.
- Ezek 40:25There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
- Ezek 40:36its lodges, its posts, and its arches: and there were windows therein all around; the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
- Ezek 41:26There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side rooms of the house, and the thresholds.
- Isa 54:12I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
- 1 Kgs 6:4He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
- Ezek 40:29and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements: and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezek 40:16There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on each post were palm trees.
- 1 Kgs 7:5All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was facing window in three ranks.
- Ezek 40:33and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements: and there were windows therein and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
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