The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed (e) rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
(e) Which were certain stones coming out of the wall, as stays for the beams to rest upon.