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42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches[a] long, 32 inches[b] wide, and 21 inches[c] high. They would put the instruments that they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them. 43 There were hooks[d] three inches[e] long fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

44 On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one[f] at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south[g] gate facing north.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “1½ cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).
  2. Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “1½ cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).
  3. Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
  4. Ezekiel 40:43 tc This reading is supported by the Aramaic Targum. The LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “shelves” or some type of projection.
  5. Ezekiel 40:43 tn Heb “one handbreadth” (7.5 cm).
  6. Ezekiel 40:44 tn “One” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for clarity in the translation.
  7. Ezekiel 40:44 tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”