Ezekiel 40:38-43
New English Translation
38 There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate;[a] there they washed the burnt offering. 39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. 40 On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables. 41 Four tables were on each side of the gate, eight tables on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered. 42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches[b] long, 32 inches[c] wide, and 21 inches[d] high. They would put the instruments that they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them. 43 There were hooks[e] three inches[f] long fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
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- Ezekiel 40:38 tc The MT reads “jambs of the gates,” which does not make sense in a context discussing one chamber. The emendation to “porch” is similar to v. 14. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:530.
- Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “1½ cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).
- Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “1½ cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).
- Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
- Ezekiel 40:43 tc This reading is supported by the Aramaic Targum. The LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “shelves” or some type of projection.
- Ezekiel 40:43 tn Heb “one handbreadth” (7.5 cm).
Ezekiel 40:38-43
Common English Bible
38 At that gate, there was a room with an entrance in the arches for washing the entirely burned offering, 39 and inside the porch on each side of the gate were two tables where the entirely burned offerings, the purification offerings, and the compensation offerings were slaughtered. 40 Outside, two pairs of tables flanked the entrance of the north gate at both ends, at the steps on one end and the porch on the other. 41 There were four tables on each side of the gate, eight tables in all, for preparing the animal offerings. 42 The four tables that were used for the entirely burned offering as well as for the communal sacrifices were made of hewn stone. Each was twenty-seven inches square and eighteen inches high. Equipment used in the ritual slaughter was set on them. 43 Hooks,[a] three inches wide, were securely fixed all the way around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.
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- Ezekiel 40:43 Heb uncertain
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