42 There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering,(A) each 31½ inches[a] long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches[b] 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.

Rooms for Singers and Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers:[e](B) one[f] beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south[g] gate, facing north.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:42 Lit one and a half cubits
  2. Ezekiel 40:42 Lit one cubit
  3. Ezekiel 40:43 Lit one handbreadth
  4. Ezekiel 40:43 Or ledges
  5. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX reads were two chambers
  6. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX; MT reads singers, which was
  7. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX; MT reads east

42 There were also four tables of dressed stone(A) for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high.[a] On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.(B) 43 And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth[b] long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.

The Rooms for the Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one[c] at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south[d] gate and facing north.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:42 That is, about 2 2/3 feet long and wide and 21 inches high or about 80 centimeters long and wide and 53 centimeters high
  2. Ezekiel 40:43 That is, about 3 1/2 inches or about 9 centimeters
  3. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were rooms for singers, which were
  4. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east