1 Kings 6:5-6

VIN^{(i) 5} And against the wall of the house he set chambers round about the temple and the ark. ⁶ The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.