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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[a] long, 32 inches[b] wide, and 21 inches[c] high. They would put the instruments that they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them. 43 There were hooks[d] three inches[e] long fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

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Footnotes

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