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
Christian Standard Bible
Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices
38 There was a chamber whose door opened into the gate’s portico.[a] The burnt offering was to be washed there.(A) 39 Inside the gate’s portico there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering,(B) and guilt offering.(C) 40 Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico. 41 So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done. 42 There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering,(D) each 31½ inches[b] long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them. 43 There were three-inch[c] hooks[d] fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.
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