Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 40:38
38There was a chamber whose door opened into the gate’s portico. The burnt offering was to be washed there.
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 recesses, jambs, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide. 37Its portico faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps. There was a chamber whose door opened into the gate’s portico. The burnt offering was to be washed there. 39Inside the gate’s portico there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and guilt offering. 40Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.
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וְלִשְׁכָּ֣ה וּפִתְחָ֔הּ בְּאֵילִ֖ים הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים שָׁ֖ם יָדִ֥יחוּ אֶת־הָעֹלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:38
- Ezekiel 40:12There was a barrier of 21 inches in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10½ feet square.
- Ezekiel 41:10and the outer chambers was 35 feet wide all around the temple.
- 1 Kings 6:8The door for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They went up a stairway to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third.
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
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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
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