Ezekiel 40:41
in Ezekiel 40So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew the sacrifices.
KJV
Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
6 notes on this verseFour tables - These were in the porch of the north gate, in the court of the priests: on them they slew, flayed, and cut up the victims. See dddd in the plan.
This site's exposition
with a doorway by the portico
on Ezekiel 40:38-43
A chamber by the portico is where “the burnt offering was to be washed,” and eight tables serve the offerings Leviticus names. Four tables of dressed stone hold the utensils. Keil takes this detail as meaning actual sacrifice in this house, while others read the offerings as the vision's symbolism.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 35 and following) 'And he brought me to the gate that faced the north, and he measured it according to the higher measurements: its chamber, its facade, its vestibule, and its windows all around: it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. Its vestibule faced the outer court, and its palm tree engravings on its facade on both sides, and its staircase with eight steps.' And at each treasury there shall be a door in the gates (or fronts) of the doors: there they shall wash the holocaust.
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistHomilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 9 · Written before 604.
proposed
Four tables on this side, and four tables on that side, by the sides of the gate. But let it be said: Four tables on this side, and four tables on that side by the sides of the gate. For while faith and life, doctrine and prophecy are kept in the minds of the good, our gate, that is the understanding of sacred speech, has four tables on its side.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Four tables were on this side, and four tables were on that side, by the side of the gate,....
We read not of any tables for this purpose either in the tabernacle or in Solomon's temple. But here they are provided, to intimate the multitude of spiritual sacrifices that should be brought to God's house in gospel-times, and the multitude of hands that should be employed in offering up those sacrifices.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַרְבָּעָ֨ה | ʾarbaah | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| שֻׁלְחָנ֜וֹת | shulchanot | tables | H7979 → | 71 times |
| מִפֹּ֗ה | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וְאַרְבָּעָ֧ה | vearbaah | and four | H702 → | 318 times |
| שֻׁלְחָנ֛וֹת | shulchanot | tables | H7979 → | 71 times |
| מִפֹּ֖ה | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| לְכֶ֣תֶף | lekhetef | [were] to [the] side of | H3802 → | 67 times |
| הַשָּׁ֑עַר | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה | shemonah | eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| שֻׁלְחָנ֖וֹת | shulchanot | tables | H7979 → | 71 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֥ם | ʾaleihem | [which] to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יִשְׁחָֽטוּ׃ | yishchatu | people slaughter | H7819 → | 81 times |
אַרְבָּעָ֨הfour
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
שֻׁלְחָנ֜וֹתtables
shulchanotH7979 →71 times
מִפֹּ֗הfrom here
mipohH6311 →82 times
וְאַרְבָּעָ֧הand four
vearbaahH702 →318 times
שֻׁלְחָנ֛וֹתtables
shulchanotH7979 →71 times
מִפֹּ֖הfrom here
mipohH6311 →82 times
לְכֶ֣תֶף[were] to [the] side of
lekhetefH3802 →67 times
הַשָּׁ֑עַרthe gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
שְׁמוֹנָ֥הeight
shemonahH8083 →109 times
שֻׁלְחָנ֖וֹתtables
shulchanotH7979 →71 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֥ם[which] to them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
יִשְׁחָֽטוּ׃people slaughter
yishchatuH7819 →81 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Gregory the Dialogist, Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 9; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.