"And without the inner gate {were} the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which {was} at the side of the north g…" — Ezekiel 40:44

Ezekiel 40:44 · KJV

“And without the inner gate {were} the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which {was} at the side of the north gate; and their prospect {was} toward the south: one at the side of the east gate {having} the prospect toward the north.”

— Ezekiel 40:44

Verse 43

And within {were} hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables {was} the flesh of the offering. {hooks: or, andirons, or, the two hearthstones}

Verse 45

And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect {is} toward the south, {is} for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. {charge: or, ward, or, ordinance}

Ezekiel 40 — Context

And the four tables {were} of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

And within {were} hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables {was} the flesh of the offering. {hooks: or, andirons, or, the two hearthstones}

And without the inner gate {were} the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which {was} at the side of the north gate; and their prospect {was} toward the south: one at the side of the east gate {having} the prospect toward the north.

And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect {is} toward the south, {is} for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. {charge: or, ward, or, ordinance}

And the chamber whose prospect {is} toward the north {is} for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these {are} the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:31-32

And these {are they} whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

Ezekiel 40:23

And the gate of the inner court {was} over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:27

And {there was} a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

1 Chronicles 16:41-43

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy {endureth} for ever;

Ezekiel 40:38

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

1 Chronicles 25:1-31

Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

Ezekiel 40:29

And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and {there were} windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: {it was} fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

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.