Ezekiel 40:43

Ezekiel 40:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
• New International Version (NIV)And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.

Context of Ezekiel 40:43

41So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered. 42There 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. 44Outside 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. 45Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

Ezekiel 40:43 word by word

וְהַֽשְׁפַתַּ֗יִם טֹ֧פַח אֶחָ֛ד מוּכָנִ֥ים בַּבַּ֖יִת סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב וְאֶל־הַשֻּׁלְחָנ֖וֹת בְּשַׂ֥ר הַקָּרְבָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• The double-pronged hooksשְׁפַתַּ֫יִםshâphâth · hookH8240
• each aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• handbreadthטֹ֫פַחţôphach · handbreadthH2948
• were fastenedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• all aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• the inside of the roomבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: insideH1004
• and the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of the offeringקׇרְבָּןqorbân qûrbân · offeringH7133
• was to be placed onאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the tablesשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:43

• Leviticus 1:6Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
• Leviticus 8:20He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:43

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43Hooks - The alternative renderings given in the margin indicate the doubtfulness of the translation of the original word. The form is dual, and indicates that it is some object usually found in pairs. Some suggest that they were borders or ledges set, on either side of the tables, a handbreadth from the edges, to prevent the instruments placed on them from falling off. If the rendering “hooks” be adopted, it is to be explained thus: that these hooks were…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 43The hooks might be used to store the knives and tools mentioned in Ezekiel 40:42.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4343. hooks--cooking apparatus for cooking the flesh of the sacrifices that fell to the priests. The hooks were "fastened" in the walls within the apartment, to hang the meat from, so as to roast it. The Hebrew comes from a root "fixed" or "placed."Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 40:43

• Handbreadth
• Hooks
• Measure

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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