Ezekiel 40:7-36 change "niches" to "guard chambers

Ezekiel 40:7-36 change "niches" to "guard chambers" for better connotation of a room of that size

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 \v 5 There was a wall surrounding the temple complex, and there was a measuring stick in the man's hand, six cubits in length—each "long" cubit equaling a cubit and a handbreadth. The man measured the width of the wall—one stick—and the height—one stick.
 \v 6 Then he went to the temple gate that faced east and up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate—one stick in depth.
-\v 7 The guards' niches were each one stick long and one stick wide; there were five cubits between any two of the niches, and the threshold of the temple gate by the temple portico was one stick deep.
+\v 7 The guard chambers were each one stick long and one stick wide; there were five cubits between any two of the chambers, and the threshold of the temple gate by the temple portico was one stick deep.
 
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 \v 8 He measured the portico of the gate; it was one stick long.
 \v 9 He measured the portico of the gate; it was one stick deep. And the doorposts were two cubits wide. This was the portico of the gate facing the temple.
-\v 10 The guards' niches at the gate were three in number on either side of the gate, and they all measured the same, and the wall separating them all from each other measured the same, also.
+\v 10 The guard chambers at the gate were three in number on either side of the gate, and they all measured the same, and the wall separating them all from each other measured the same, also.
  
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 \v 11 Then the man measured the width of the gateway entrance—ten cubits; and he measured the length of the gateway entrance—thirteen cubits.
-\v 12 He measured the wall that was bordering the front of the niches—one cubit high. And the niches—six cubits on every side.
-\v 13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one niche to that of the next niche—twenty-five cubits, from the entrance of the first niche to that of the second.
+\v 12 He measured the wall that was bordering the front of the chambers—one cubit high. And the chambers—six cubits on every side.
+\v 13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one chamber to that of the next chamber—twenty-five cubits, from the entrance of the first chamber to that of the second.
  
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-\v 14 Then he measured the wall that went between the guard's niches—sixty cubits long; he measured as far as the gate's portico.
+\v 14 Then he measured the wall that went between the guard chambers—sixty cubits long; he measured as far as the gate's portico.
 \v 15 The entrance from the front of the gate to the other end of the gate's portico was fifty cubits.
-\v 16 There were narrow windows in the niches, and in the walls that separated them all around; it was the same for the portico, and all the windows were on the inner side. There were carvings of palm trees on the walls.
+\v 16 There were narrow windows in the chambers, and in the walls that separated them all around; it was the same for the portico, and all the windows were on the inner side. There were carvings of palm trees on the walls.
  
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 \v 20 Then he measured the length and width of the gate that was at the north of the outer court.
-\v 21 There were three niches on either side of that gate, and the gate and its portico measured the same as the main gate—fifty cubits in total length and twenty-five cubits in width.
+\v 21 There were three chambers on either side of that gate, and the gate and its portico measured the same as the main gate—fifty cubits in total length and twenty-five cubits in width.
  
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-\v 22 Its windows, portico, niches, and its palm trees corresponded to the gate that faced east. Seven steps went up to it and to its portico. 
+\v 22 Its windows, portico, chambers, and its palm trees corresponded to the gate that faced east. Seven steps went up to it and to its portico. 
 \v 23 There was a gate to the inner courtyard in front of the gate facing north, just as also there was a gate to the east; the man measured from one gate to the other gate—one hundred cubits in distance.
  
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