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42 There were also four tables of finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 31 1⁄2 inches square and 21 inches high.[a] On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals. 43 There were hooks, each 3 inches[b] long, fastened all around the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.

Rooms for the Priests

44 Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms,[c] one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south[d] gateway, facing north.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:42 Hebrew 1 1⁄2 cubits [80 centimeters] long and 1 1⁄2 cubits wide and 1 cubit [53 centimeters] high.
  2. 40:43 Hebrew a handbreadth [8 centimeters].
  3. 40:44a As in Greek version; Hebrew reads rooms for singers.
  4. 40:44b As in Greek version; Hebrew reads east.

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