43 And the double [a]hooks, [b]one hand width in length, were installed [c]in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

44 From the outside to the (A)inner gate were [d](B)chambers for the (C)singers in the inner courtyard, one of which was at the [e]side of the north gate, with [f]its front toward the south, and one at the [g]side of the [h]south gate facing north. 45 Then he said to me, “This is the (D)chamber which faces south, intended for the priests who [i]are (E)responsible for the [j]temple;

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:43 Or ledges
  2. Ezekiel 40:43 About 3 in. or 7.5 cm
  3. Ezekiel 40:43 Or inside
  4. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX two chambers
  5. Ezekiel 40:44 Lit shoulder
  6. Ezekiel 40:44 Lit their
  7. Ezekiel 40:44 Lit shoulder
  8. Ezekiel 40:44 As in LXX; MT east
  9. Ezekiel 40:45 Lit keep the duty of
  10. Ezekiel 40:45 Lit house

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