Ezekiel 40:38-43
Evangelical Heritage Version
Rooms of the Inner Courtyard
38 There was a room with a door, next to the gateposts at each of the inner gateways,[a] where they washed the burnt offering.[b]
39 Inside the vestibule of the gateway, on each side, there were two tables upon which to slaughter the whole burnt offering, the sin offering, and the restitution offering. 40 Next to the outside wall of the vestibule, as one goes toward the entrance of the north gateway, there were two more tables. Next to the other outside wall of the vestibule of the gateway were two more tables. 41 That is, there were four tables on one side and four on the other side of the gateway—eight tables on which they were to slaughter the sacrifices.
42 Four more tables for the burnt offering were made of hewn stone. They were one and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one cubit high. On them they placed the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the other sacrifices. 43 Double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth[c] long, were fastened to the building all around, but the meat for the sacrifice was placed on the tables.
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- Ezekiel 40:38 Feature G on the diagram
- Ezekiel 40:38 This sentence is difficult and interpretations vary.
- Ezekiel 40:43 About 3 inches
Ezekiel 40:38-43
Lexham English Bible
Rooms for Sacrificial Preparations
38 And a chamber with its doorway was in[a] the pilasters at the gates,[b] and there they rinsed off[c] the burnt offering. 39 And in the portico of the gate were two tables on each side[d] to slaughter the burnt offering on them and the sin offering and the guilt offering. 40 And on the outer side as one goes up to the doorway of the gate to the north were two tables, and on the other side, which is toward the portico of the gate, were two tables. 41 On each side of the gate were four tables,[e] eight tables in all, and on them they slaughtered sacrifices. 42 And four tables were for the burnt offering, and made of dressed stones, one cubit and a half[f] long and one cubit and a half wide and one cubit[g] high was their measurements,[h] and they placed the objects[i] with which they slaughtered the burnt offering on them and the sacrifice. 43 And there were double-pronged hooks, one handbreadth in width, put in place in the house[j] all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
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- Ezekiel 40:38 Or “set among”
- Ezekiel 40:38 Or “gate”
- Ezekiel 40:38 Or “washed”
- Ezekiel 40:39 Literally “were two tables from here and two tables from here”
- Ezekiel 40:41 Literally “four tables from here and four tables from here”
- Ezekiel 40:42 That is, 31.5 inches
- Ezekiel 40:42 That is, 21 inches
- Ezekiel 40:42 Literally “wasto them
- Ezekiel 40:42 Or “instruments/utensils”
- Ezekiel 40:43 Or “inside”
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