KJV ORIGINAL
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
These rooms were built in three levels, but they didn't have the same kind of columns that the courtyards had. So each floor up got a little smaller than the one below it.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes the higher you go, the more streamlined things get.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
Ezekiel, a prophet and priest, addressed Judean exiles in Babylon during the Babylonian captivity, approximately 593-571 BCE. He conveyed divine messages regarding the reasons for their exile and detailed visions of a future restored Israel and a new temple.
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