Ezekiel 40:38

Ezekiel 40:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
• New International Version (NIV)A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, where the burnt offering was to be washed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offering.

Context of Ezekiel 40:38

36as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 37Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it. There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed. 39Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered. 40Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

Ezekiel 40:38 word by word

וְלִשְׁכָּ֣ה וּפִתְחָ֔הּ בְּאֵילִ֖ים הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים שָׁ֖ם יָדִ֥יחוּ אֶת־הָעֹלָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• There was a chamberלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• with a doorwayפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• by the porticoאַ֫יִל'ayil · pillarH352
• in each of the inner gatewaysשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• Thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• the burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• was to be washedדּוּחַdûach · to washH1740
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:38

• Ezekiel 40:12In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit high, and the gate chambers were six cubits square.
• Ezekiel 41:10and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
• 1 Kings 6:8The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:38

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38The chambers - Render it: and chambers, not yet described. They were north of the altar, by the “posts” or pillars in front and along the sides of the gate-building. There were several gates in the gate-building.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38-43The sacrificial animals were killed and prepared in rooms beside the gateways that led into the inner courtyard. This detail shows the main purpose of the new temple. It was a place for sacrifice. The animals had to be washed and cut into pieces before the priests offered them on the altar. These steps prepared the animals for worship. In Ezekiel’s vision, this new temple strongly focuses on sacrifices that atoned for sin. These sacrifices dealt with sin…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3838. chambers ... entries--literally, "a chamber and its door." by the posts--that is, at or close by the posts or columns. where they washed the burnt offering--This does not apply to all the gates but only to the north gate. For Le 1:11 directs the sacrifices to be killed north of the altar; and Eze 8:5 calls the north gate, "the gate of the altar." And Eze 40:40 particularly mentions the north gate.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Prospect
• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings