6. The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.
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.