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38 There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate[a] where the burnt offering was to be washed.(A) 39 And in the vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side on which the burnt offering and the purification offering and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered.(B) 40 On the outside of the vestibule, where one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables, and on the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. 41 Four tables were on one side and four tables on the other side of the gate, eight tables, on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered. 42 There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered.(C) 43 There were pegs one handbreadth long fastened all around the inside. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

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  1. 40.38 Cn: Heb at the posts of the gates

38 There was (A)a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate,[a] (B)where the burnt offering was to be washed. 39 And in the vestibule of the gate were two (C)tables on either side, on which the (D)burnt offering and the (E)sin offering and the (F)guilt offering were to be slaughtered. 40 And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. 41 (G)Four tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables, (H)on which to slaughter. 42 And there were four tables (I)of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the (J)burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. 43 And hooks,[b] a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:38 Hebrew at the jambs, the gates
  2. Ezekiel 40:43 Or shelves