43 There were three-inch[a] hooks[b] fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.

Rooms for Singers and Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers:[c](A) one[d] beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south[e] gate, facing north. 45 Then the man said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 40:43 Lit one handbreadth
  2. 40:43 Or ledges
  3. 40:44 LXX reads were two chambers
  4. 40:44 LXX; MT reads singers, which was
  5. 40:44 LXX; MT 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