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 eight tables on which they killed animals for sacrifices. Four tables were in the yard outside the entrance. Four tables were inside the entrance room. 42They had used stone to make four tables for the burnt offerings. These tables were 50 centimetres high. Their tops were 75 centimetres square. They put the knives and the other tools that they used to kill the animals on these tables. They put the meat for the offerings on the stone tables. There were hooks all around the inside walls of the room. Each hook was 7½ centimetres long. 44There were two rooms for singers that had doors to the inside yard. One was beside the north gate and its door opened towards the south. The other room was beside the south gate and its door opened towards the north. 45The man said to me, ‘The room beside the north gate is for the priests who take care of the temple.

Ezekiel 40:43 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And withinבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: insideH1004
• hooksשְׁפַתַּ֫יִםshâphâth · hookH8240
• anאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• handטֹ֫פַחţôphach · handbreadthH2948
• broad, fastenedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• and upon the tablesשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of the offeringקׇרְבָּןqorbân qûrbân · offeringH7133

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:43

• Leviticus 1:6The person must take the skin from the dead animal and then he must cut up the meat.
• Leviticus 8:20Moses cut the sheep into small pieces. He burnt the fat and the head and the pieces on the altar.

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