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

41Four tables were on each side next to the gate; or, eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices. 42For the burnt offering there were four tables of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and one cubit high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice. The double hooks, one handbreadth in length, were installed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. 44From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, one of which was at the side of the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one at the side of the south gate facing toward the north. 45He said to me, “This is the chamber which faces toward the south, intended 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 doubleשְׁפַתַּ֫יִםshâphâth · hookH8240
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• handbreadthטֹ֫פַחţôphach · handbreadthH2948
• in length, were installedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: insideH1004
• allסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• and on the tablesשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of the offeringקׇרְבָּןqorbân qûrbân · offeringH7133

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:43

• Leviticus 1:6He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.
• Leviticus 8:20When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

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