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

36with its guardrooms, its side pillars and its porches. And the gate had windows all around; the length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. 37Its side pillars were toward the outer court; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway had eight steps. A chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they rinse the burnt offering. 39In the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering. 40On the outer side, as one went up to the gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

Ezekiel 40:38 word by word

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

• chamberלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• with its doorwayפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• was by the sideאַ֫יִל'ayil · pillarH352
• pillarsאַ֫יִל'ayil · pillarH352
• at the gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• rinseדּוּחַdûach · to washH1740
• the burntעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:38

• Ezekiel 40:12There was a barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side.
• Ezekiel 41:10and the outer chambers was twenty cubits in width all around the temple on every side.
• 1 Kings 6:8The doorway for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, 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

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