Ezekiel 40:38 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 40:38

36 also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.

37 Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps.

Where Sacrifices Were Prepared

38 There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they ^awashed the burnt offering.

39 In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, ^athe sin offering, and ^bthe trespass offering.

40 At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables.

41 Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices.

42 There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

43 Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.

Chambers for Singers and Priests

44 Outside the inner gate were the chambers for ^athe singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the¹ southern gateway.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 40:38

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American Standard Version
And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering.

Amplified® Bible
There was an attached chamber with its door beside the posts {or} pillars of the gates where the burnt offering was to be washed.

Contemporary English Version
Inside the entrance room of the north gate, I saw four tables, two on each side of the room, where the animals to be sacrificed were killed. Just outside this room was a small building used for washing the animals before they were offered as sacrifices to please the LORD or sacrifices for sin or sacrifices to make things right.

Darby English Version
And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinsed the burnt-offering.

Good News Bible
In the outer courtyard there was an annex attached to the inner gateway on the north side. It opened into the entrance room that faced the courtyard, and there they washed the carcasses of the animals to be burned whole as sacrifices.

King James Version
And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

New American Standard Bible
A chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they rinse the burnt offering.

New International Version
A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed.

New King James Version
There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offering.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
A chamber with its doorway stood by the side pillars at the gates; there they rinse the burnt offering.

Revised Standard Version
There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, where the burnt offering was to be washed.

Young's Literal Translation
And the chamber and its opening `is' by the posts of the gates, there they purge the burnt-offering.

New English Translation
There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate;¹ there they washed the burnt offering.

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