Ezekiel 40:41

41 - four tables inside and four tables outside, eight tables in all for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.

Ezekiel 40:41 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:41

Four tables were on this side, and four tables were on that
side, by the side of the gate
These are the same tables repeated, to observe more diligently the situation and use of them; there were four on the right hand, two between the little chambers in the porch, and two on the outside of the inmost gate; and there were four on the left hand, two between the little chambers there, and two on the other side of the said gate: eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices;
the four tables last mentioned were for the same use as the four first; (See Gill on Ezekiel 40:39).

Ezekiel 40:41 In-Context

39 Two tables were placed within the vestibule, one on either side, on which the animals for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were slaughtered.
40 Two tables were also placed against both outside walls of the vestibule
41 - four tables inside and four tables outside, eight tables in all for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.
42 The four tables used for the burnt offerings were thirty-one and a half inches square and twenty-one inches high. The tools for slaughtering the sacrificial animals and other sacrifices were kept there.
43 Meat hooks, three inches long, were fastened to the walls. The tables were for the sacrificial animals.
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