Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 42:5

5 Now the upper chambers were shorter : for the galleries were higher then these, then the lower, and then the middlemost of the building.

At first view it should seem to refer to the length but indeed it refers to the height of the chambers, of which the lowest chamber was highest pitcht, from the floor to the ceiling, the second lower pitcht then the first, yet of greater height, then the uppermost between the floor and ceiling.

Possibly, there might be over the uppermost chambers a flat roof on which as on a gallery, they might walk from one end to another, and therefore, that floor was much lower, then the middle or lowest according to rule of Architecture, which directs, that the upper rooms take not up so much in their height, as the lower, that the weight of the Timber be not too heavy for the walls.

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