41:5-6 The wall enclosing the vestibule, holy place, and most holy place was six cubits thick. Rooms five cubits deep surrounded this wall on all sides except the east. There were three stories of these rooms, 30 rooms on each level. There was another wall on the outside of these rooms that bore their weight so the inner wall of the temple did not carry it. The purpose of these rooms was not revealed, but they may be for worship, fellowship, or storage.
41:7 The rooms on the upper floor were the largest presumably because not as much space was required for a hallway and stairs. The rooms on the second floor were not as large because more space was needed for the hallway and stairs, and the rooms on the first floor were the smallest for the same reason.
41:8 The side rooms stood on the same foundation as the rest of the temple, which was six cubits above the level of the surrounding courtyard.
41:9-10 The exterior wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and there was 20 cubits of open space between these walls and any other structures surrounding the temple proper.
41:11 Ezekiel saw a doorway in this exterior wall on the north and south sides that allowed access into the side rooms. There was a five-cubit-wide walkway all around the exterior wall of the temple except on the west side (cf. v. 13). This walkway was on the same level as the top of the foundation of the temple.
