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42 And four tables were for the burnt offering, and made of dressed stones, one cubit and a half[a] long and one cubit and a half wide and one cubit[b] high was their measurements,[c] and they placed the objects[d] with which they slaughtered the burnt offering on them and the sacrifice. 43 And there were double-pronged hooks, one handbreadth in width, put in place in the house[e] all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

Rooms for Priests and Other Worship Leaders

44 And on the outside of the inner gate, there were chambers for[f] singers in the inner courtyard, which was to the side of the north gate, and their faces[g] were to the south[h] with respect to one, and on the side of the east gate one facing to the north.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:42 That is, 31.5 inches
  2. Ezekiel 40:42 That is, 21 inches
  3. Ezekiel 40:42 Literally “wasto them
  4. Ezekiel 40:42 Or “instruments/utensils”
  5. Ezekiel 40:43 Or “inside”
  6. Ezekiel 40:44 Hebrew “of”
  7. Ezekiel 40:44 That is, of the chambers
  8. Ezekiel 40:44 Literally “were to the way of the south”

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