Ezekiel 40:38
36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.
- KJV
- And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
- WEB
- A room with its door was by the posts at the gates. They washed the burnt offering there.
- ASV
- And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering.
- DARBY
- And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinsed the burnt-offering.
- BLB
- And a chamber and its entrance [were] by the porticos of the gateways, where they washed the burnt offering.
- ÅB
- Og det var et kammer med dør i pilarene ved portene; der skulle de skylle brennofferet.
- OTB
- Et kammer med en døråpning var ved sidepilarene ved portene, der de skylte brennofferne.
- B1930
- Og det var et kammer med dør i pilarene ved portene; der skulde de skylle brennofferet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 4:6
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Read in contextLeviticus 1:9
But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Read in contextEzekiel 41:10–11
And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
Read in contextEzekiel 40:17
Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
Read in contextEzekiel 40:12
The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
Read in context1 Kings 6:8
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
Read in contextHebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Read in contextLeviticus 8:21
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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