For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

For they were on three floors, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer square; so the highest was narrower than the lowest and middle floors from the earth level.

Διοτι ουτοι ησαν εις τρια πατωματα, δεν ειχον ομως στυλους ως τους στυλους των αυλων· δια τουτο η οικοδομη εστενουτο μαλλον παρα το κατωτατον και το μεσαιον απο της γης.

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.