"And the chambers and the entries thereof {were} by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering." — Ezekiel 40:38

Ezekiel 40:38 · KJV

“And the chambers and the entries thereof {were} by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.”

— Ezekiel 40:38

And the posts thereof {were} toward the utter court; and palm trees {were} upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it {had} eight steps.

Verse 39

And in the porch of the gate {were} two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.

Ezekiel 40 — Context

The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length {was} fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

And the posts thereof {were} toward the utter court; and palm trees {were} upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it {had} eight steps.

And the chambers and the entries thereof {were} by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

And in the porch of the gate {were} two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.

And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, {were} two tables; and on the other side, which {was} at the porch of the gate, {were} two tables. {as one...: or, at the step}

Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:6

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea {was} for the priests to wash in. {such...: Heb. the work of burnt offering}

Leviticus 8:21

And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it {was} a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, {and} an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Leviticus 1:9

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, {to be} a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Hebrews 10:22

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

1 Kings 6:8

The door for the middle chamber {was} in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle {chamber}, and out of the middle into the third. {side: Heb. shoulder}

Ezekiel 40:12

The space also before the little chambers {was} one cubit {on this side}, and the space {was} one cubit on that side: and the little chambers {were} six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. {space: Heb. limit, or, bound}

Ezekiel 42:13

Then said he unto me, The north chambers {and} the south chambers, which {are} before the separate place, they {be} holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place {is} holy.

Ezekiel 40:17

Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, {there were} chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers {were} upon the pavement.