‘There were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court towards the east, before the separate place and before the building. And the way before them was like the appearance of the way of the chambers towards the north. According to their length so was their breadth. And all their exits were both according to their fashions and according to their doors.'
In the wall of the inner court (it was ‘before the separate place' and ‘before the building' - compare Ezekiel 42:1) facing east there were also chambers, which were foursquare and built into the wall. They were in front of the temple yard and ‘the building' (the sanctuary). They too had a walkway in front of them similar to that in front of the buildings towards the north. Their exits are dismissed briefly. Their look would depend on the particular pattern of workmanship adopted, and on the doors used. (Ezekiel is now hurrying on. He feels he has given sufficient detail. Again this confirms that this is not intended to be a blueprint, it is the description of an interested visitor to a ‘real' building).