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43 The double hooks, one hand width in length were installed in the [a]house all around. The meat of the offering was [to be placed] on the tables.

44 From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner courtyard, one of which was [b]beside the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one [c]beside the [d]south gate facing toward the north. 45 He [who was guiding me] said to me, “This is the chamber which faces toward the south; it is for the priests who have the responsibility and take care of the temple;

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:43 Possibly the kitchen area.
  2. Ezekiel 40:44 Lit at the shoulder of.
  3. Ezekiel 40:44 Lit at the shoulder of.
  4. Ezekiel 40:44 So Greek; Hebrew reads east.

43 And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth[a] long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.

The Rooms for the Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one[b] at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south[c] gate and facing north. 45 He said to me, “The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:43 That is, about 3 1/2 inches or about 9 centimeters
  2. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were rooms for singers, which were
  3. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east