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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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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “1½ cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).
  3. Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “1½ cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).
  4. Ezekiel 40:42 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
  5. Ezekiel 40:43 tc This reading is supported by the Aramaic Targum. The LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “shelves” or some type of projection.
  6. Ezekiel 40:43 tn Heb “one handbreadth” (7.5 cm).

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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Footnotes

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