Ezekiel 40:38
What does Ezekiel 40:38 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 40:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And there was a room with a door in the covered way of the doorway, where the burned offering was washed.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the chamber and its opening <FI>is<Fi> by the posts of the gates, there they purge the burnt-offering.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And at every chamber was a door in the forefronts of the gates: there they washed the holocaust.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinsed the burnt-offering.
Context
v.37And the posts thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
v.38This passage
v.39And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 40:12
and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
- 1 Kings 6:8
The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.
- Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
- Ezekiel 41:10
And between the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
- Leviticus 1:9
but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water. And the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
- Ezekiel 42:13
Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.
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