44 From the outside to the (A)inner gate were [a](B)chambers for the (C)singers in the inner courtyard, one of which was at the [b]side of the north gate, with [c]its front toward the south, and one at the [d]side of the [e]south gate facing north. 45 Then he said to me, “This is the (D)chamber which faces south, intended for the priests who [f]are (E)responsible for the [g]temple; 46 but the (F)chamber which faces north is for the priests who [h]are (G)responsible for the altar. They are the (H)sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi (I)come near to the Lord to serve Him.” 47 He measured the courtyard, a perfect square, a (J)hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the [i]temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX two chambers
  2. Ezekiel 40:44 Lit shoulder
  3. Ezekiel 40:44 Lit their
  4. Ezekiel 40:44 Lit shoulder
  5. Ezekiel 40:44 As in LXX; MT east
  6. Ezekiel 40:45 Lit keep the duty of
  7. Ezekiel 40:45 Lit house
  8. Ezekiel 40:46 Lit keep the duty of
  9. Ezekiel 40:47 Lit house

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