Ezekiel 42:5

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

The upper chambers were shorter - i:e., the building became narrower as it rose in height. The chambers were many: so "in my Father's house are many mansions" ( ); and besides these there was much "room" still left (cf. ). The chambers, though private, were near the temple. Prayer in our chambers is to prepare us for public devotions, and to help us in improving them.