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
2 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
by the posts of the gates
on Ezekiel 40:38-43
The chambers by the gate posts serve a working purpose, washing the burnt offering, and the eight tables set out in pairs handle the three offerings the law already names, burnt, sin, and trespass, the same categories Leviticus lays out for ordinary worship. Four tables of hewn stone are set apart for the burnt offering alone, with hooks fastened round about for hanging the flesh, a level of working detail that reads less like a symbol and more like a kitchen built for use. Keil takes the specificity here as evidence the vision means actual sacrifice to be offered in this house, a position the dispensational readers of the vision as a future temple share, while others read the offerings as part of the vision's total symbolism rather than a coming reinstitution.
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.
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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 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.