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Eze 41:6 — And the side chambers [were] three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which [was] of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

one over another		Heb. side chamber over side chamber
thirty in order		or, three and thirty times, or feet. We find by Josephus, that around Solomon's temple were chambers three stories high, each story consisting of thirty chambers; which are supposed to have been on the north, south, and east sides of the temple.
and they		1Ki 6:6,10
have hold		Heb. be holden. 1Pe 1:5
but		That is, the beams or supporters, of the chambers were not let into the main wall of the temple; but rested on projections of the outer wall, which became a cubit narrower at every story, leaving a ledge of one cubit, to support the beams.

Correlating Passages

and they

	1Ki 6:6	The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
	1Ki 6:10	And [then] he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house [with] timber of cedar.

have hold

1Pe 1:5

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 41:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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