Ezekiel 41:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ The passageway leading upward to the side chambers became broader from story to story, for the structure surrounding the temple was constructed in successive stages, so that the width of the cells increased from one story to the next. One ascended from the lowest story to the highest story by means of the middle one.

⁸ I also noted that there was a raised pavement encircling the temple all around. This formed the foundation of the side chambers, measuring a full rod, six cubits high. ⁹ The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. Between the cells of the temple