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Ezekiel 40:43

41 So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.

42 There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.

45 Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

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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.

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BSB
The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.
KJV
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
WEB
The hooks, a hand width long, were fastened within all around. The meat of the offering was on the tables.
ASV
And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.
DARBY
And the double hooks of a hand breadth were fastened round about within; and upon the tables [they put] the flesh of the offering.
BLB
And hooks, one handbreadth, were fastened on the inside all around; and on the tables [was] the flesh of the sacrifices.
ÅB
Og dobbelte knagger, en hånd brede, var festet på huset rundt omkring, og på bordene skulle offerkjøttet legges.
OTB
De dobbelte krokene, hver en håndsbredd lange, var festet til veggen rundt omkring. Bordene var for kjøttet av ofrene.
B1930
Og dobbelte knagger, en hånd brede, var festet på huset rundt omkring, og på bordene skulde offerkjøttet legges.

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