Ezekiel 40:45
43 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.
Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
47 Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
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
- Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
- KJV
- And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
- WEB
- He said to me, “This room, which faces toward the south, is for the priests who perform the duty of the house.
- ASV
- And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;
- DARBY
- And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
- BLB
- And he said to me, “This chamber that faces toward the south [is] for the priests keeping guard of the temple.
- ÅB
- Og han talte til meg og sa: Denne rad kammer, hvis forside vender mot syd, er for de prester som tar vare på det som er å vareta ved huset;
- OTB
- Han sa til meg: "Kammeret som vender mot sør er for prestene som har ansvar for tempelet,
- B1930
- Og han talte til mig og sa: Denne rad kammer, hvis forside vender mot syd, er for de prester som tar vare på det som er å vareta ved huset;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 9:23
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
Read in contextPsalms 134:1
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
Read in contextLeviticus 8:35
You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
Read in contextNumbers 3:32
The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Read in contextRevelation 1:6
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:49
But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
Read in contextMalachi 2:4–7
Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Read in contextEzekiel 8:5
“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.
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