New English Translation
Ezekiel 40:38
38There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; there they washed the burnt offering.
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 alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet. 37Its jambs faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps. There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; there they washed the burnt offering. 39In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. 40On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate 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 in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet on either side.
- Ezekiel 41:10and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.
- 1 Kings 6:8The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor.
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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