God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 40:38
38There was a room with a door that opened toward the entrance hall of the gateway. This is the room where the priests washed the animals for the burnt offerings.
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
36Its guardrooms, recessed walls, and entrance hall had windows all around. The gateway was 87½ feet long and 44 feet wide. 37Its recessed walls faced the outer courtyard. Pictures of palm trees were carved on the recessed walls, and eight steps led up to the gateway. There was a room with a door that opened toward the entrance hall of the gateway. This is the room where the priests washed the animals for the burnt offerings. 39In the entrance hall of the gateway there were two tables on each side of the room. On these tables the animals were slaughtered for burnt offerings, offerings for sin, and guilt offerings. 40On each side of the entrance to the north gateway there were two tables, and on the other side of the entrance hall of the gateway there were two tables.
Read all of Ezekiel 40Ezekiel 40:38 word by word
וְלִשְׁכָּ֣ה וּפִתְחָ֔הּ בְּאֵילִ֖ים הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים שָׁ֖ם יָדִ֥יחוּ אֶת־הָעֹלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:38
- Ezekiel 40:12There was a barrier about 21 inches in front of each guardroom. The guardrooms were 10½ feet square.
- Ezekiel 41:10and the priests’ rooms. It was 35 feet wide and went all around the temple.
- 1 Kings 6:8The entrance to the first story was on the south side of the temple. A staircase went up to the middle story and then to the third story.
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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