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43 Hooks,[a] three inches wide, were securely fixed all the way around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.

44 Outside the inner gate there were two[b] chambers in the inner courtyard. The one beside the north gate faced south, and the one beside the east gate faced north. 45 He spoke to me: “The chamber facing south is for the priests who keep watch over the temple,

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  1. Ezekiel 40:43 Heb uncertain
  2. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX; MT singing

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