Ezekiel 41:8-11

The raised platform upon which the house and the side-chambers stood

The house and the annexe stood on a platform raised a full reed, or 6 cubits above the level of the inner court (Ezekiel 41:8). The platform was reached in front of the house by a flight of so steps (Ezekiel 40:49) from the court. The outside wall of the annexe was 5 cubits thick (Ezekiel 41:9). A space of 5 cubits of the platform remained unoccupied by the buildings (Ezekiel 41:11), Fig. 2, E. Then came a free space of 20 cubits running round the platform (Ezekiel 41:10), Fig. 3, H. Finally came other buildings in the inner court, one behind the house on the W. (Ezekiel 41:15), Fig. 3, K; and others on both sides of it, N. and S. (Ezekiel 42:1 seq.), Fig. 3, GG´.