Ezekiel 40:43

The meat for the offerings would be placed on stone tables. There were hooks on which the meat was hung, each with two prongs, each ◄3 in./8 cm.► long, fastened to the walls of the entry room.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

In Context

42There were also four tables of cut stone for the offerings to be completely burned, ◄31-1/2 in./80 cm.► on each side and ◄21 in./53 cm.► high. On those stone tables would be placed the tools for slaughtering all the animals for the sacrifices.

44Outside the inner entryway, inside the inner courtyard, were two rooms, one on the north side and one on the south side.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:8Then they will arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the burning wood.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:40-49

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 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. 41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their… Read the whole commentary →

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