43 And hooks,[a] a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

Chambers for the Priests

44 On the outside of the inner gateway there were two (A)chambers[b] in the (B)inner court, one[c] at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south[d] gate facing north. 45 And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests (C)who have charge of the temple,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:43 Or shelves
  2. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were chambers for singers
  3. Ezekiel 40:44 Hebrew lacks one
  4. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east

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