CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 40:39 Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/40-39.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/8/26_Ezk_40_39.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Ezekiel 40:39 - Eight Tables for Sacrifices" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/ezekiel/40-39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/ezekiel/40-39.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/">Ezekiel</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/40.htm">Chapter 40</a> > Verse 39</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad19.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm" title="Ezekiel 40:38">◄</a> Ezekiel 40:39 <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm" title="Ezekiel 40:40">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/40.htm">New International Version</a> In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings were slaughtered. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40.htm">New Living Translation</a> On each side of this entry room were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Standard Version</a> And in the vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side, on which the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40.htm">King James Bible</a> And 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/40.htm">New King James Version</a> In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And in the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1995</a> In the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And in the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> In the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a> In the porch (portico) of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Inside the gate’s portico there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and guilt offering. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and restitution offering. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/40.htm">American Standard Version</a> And 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. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Revised Version</a> And 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 guilt offering. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In the entrance hall of the gateway there were two tables on each side of the room. On these tables the animals were slaughtered for burnt offerings, offerings for sin, and guilt offerings. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/40.htm">Good News Translation</a> In this entrance room there were four tables, two on each side of the room. It was on these tables that they killed the animals to be offered as sacrifices, either to be burned whole or to be sacrifices for sin or as repayment offerings. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/40.htm">International Standard Version</a> In the porch leading in front of the gate there were two tables on either side for slaughtering burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings, <a href="/msb/ezekiel/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered. <a href="/net/ezekiel/40.htm">NET Bible</a> In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And in the porch of the gate were two tables on either side, and two tables on that side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering and the sin offering and guilt offering. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay upon it the burnt-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering. <a href="/web/ezekiel/40.htm">World English Bible</a> In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to kill the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And in the porch of the gate [are] two tables on this side and two tables on that side, to slaughter on them the burnt-offering, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering; <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And in the porch of the gate are two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slaughter on them the burnt-offering, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering; <a href="/slt/ezekiel/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And in the porch of the gate two tables from hence, and two tables from thence, to slaughter upon them the burnt-offering and the sin and the trespass.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side: that the holocaust, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering might be slain thereon. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And at the vestibule of the gate, there were two tables on one side, and two tables on the other side, so that the holocaust, and the offering for sin, and the offering for transgression could be immolated upon them. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Bible</a> In the vestibule of the gate there were two tables on either side for slaughtering the burnt offerings, purification offerings, and reparation offerings. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And in the vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side, on which the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And in the portico of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, to slay upon them the burnt offerings and the gift offerings and the sin offerings. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And in the porches of the gate were two tables here and two tables there, to kill upon them burning peace offerings, and offerings, and the purification of sin<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And 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 guilt-offering. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> that they might slay in it the sin-offerings, and the trespass-offerings. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=12330" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Eight Tables for Sacrifices</a> 38There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed. 39<a href="/hebrew/197.htm" title="197: ū·ḇə·’u·lām (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A porch. Or, ulam; from 'alam; a vestibule.">Inside the portico</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: haš·ša·‘ar (Art:: N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">of the gateway</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·na·yim (Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">were two</a> <a href="/hebrew/7979.htm" title="7979: šul·ḥā·nō·wṯ (N-mp) -- A table. From shalach; a table; by implication, a meal.">tables</a> <a href="/hebrew/6311.htm" title="6311: mip·pōw (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Here, hither. Or po; or pow; probably from a primitive inseparable particle p and huw'; this place, i.e. Here or hence.">on each side,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: ū·šə·na·yim (Conj-w:: Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7979.htm" title="7979: šul·ḥā·nō·wṯ (N-mp) -- A table. From shalach; a table; by implication, a meal."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6311.htm" title="6311: mip·pōh (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Here, hither. Or po; or pow; probably from a primitive inseparable particle p and huw'; this place, i.e. Here or hence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">on which</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: hā·‘ō·w·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">the burnt offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: wə·ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">sin offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/817.htm" title="817: wə·hā·’ā·šām (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Offense, guilt. From 'asham; guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering.">and guilt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/7819.htm" title="7819: liš·ḥō·wṭ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To slaughter, beat. A primitive root; to slaughter.">were to be slaughtered.</a> 40Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3-5</a> If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD. / He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. / And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. <a href="/leviticus/4-4.htm">Leviticus 4:4</a> He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD. <a href="/leviticus/6-25.htm">Leviticus 6:25</a> “Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy. <a href="/leviticus/7-2.htm">Leviticus 7:2</a> The guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar. <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Leviticus 14:13</a> Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm">2 Chronicles 29:24</a> And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel. <a href="/2_chronicles/35-11.htm">2 Chronicles 35:11</a> And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals. <a href="/exodus/29-11.htm">Exodus 29:11</a> And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. <a href="/numbers/18-17.htm">Numbers 18:17</a> But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Hebrews 10:11</a> Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. <a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12-14</a> He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. / For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a> Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself. <a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1</a> For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a> Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And 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.tables on that<a href="/ezekiel/41-22.htm">Ezekiel 41:22</a> The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.<a href="/ezekiel/44-16.htm">Ezekiel 44:16</a> They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.<a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Malachi 1:7,12</a> Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible… the burnt<a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3</a> If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.the sin<a href="/leviticus/4-2.htm">Leviticus 4:2,3,13</a> Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: … <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5,10</a> But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed… <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a> For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.the trespass<a href="/leviticus/5-6.htm">Leviticus 5:6</a> And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.<a href="/leviticus/6-6.htm">Leviticus 6:6</a> And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:<a href="/leviticus/7-1.htm">Leviticus 7:1,2</a> Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-19.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-37.htm">Either</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Error</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-33.htm">Gateway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-17.htm">Guilt-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-22.htm">Porch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Portico</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-23.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-34.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-9.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-8.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-3.htm">Thereon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-27.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-9.htm">Trespass-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Vestibule</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-42.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-41.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-49.htm">Either</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-29.htm">Error</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Gateway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-29.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">Guilt-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-11.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-42.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Porch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Portico</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-41.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-41.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-41.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Tables</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">Thereon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">Trespass-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Vestibule</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 40</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple</a> 6. <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">The description of the east gate of the outer court</a> 20. <a href="/ezekiel/40-20.htm">of the north gate</a> 24. <a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">of the south gate</a> 27. <a href="/ezekiel/40-27.htm">of the south gate of the inner court</a> 32. <a href="/ezekiel/40-32.htm">of the east gate</a> 35. <a href="/ezekiel/40-35.htm">and of the north gate</a> 39. <a href="/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Eight tables</a> 44. <a href="/ezekiel/40-44.htm">The chambers</a> 48. <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">The porch of the house</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/40.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/40.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Inside the portico of the gateway The portico, or porch, of the gateway refers to the entrance area of the temple complex described in Ezekiel's vision. This vision is part of a larger prophetic revelation given to Ezekiel concerning a future temple. The gateway signifies a place of transition from the outer courts to the inner sacred areas, symbolizing the movement from the secular to the holy. In ancient Near Eastern architecture, gateways often served as places of judgment or decision, reflecting the spiritual significance of entering God's presence.were two tables on each side The presence of tables on each side of the gateway indicates preparation and order in the sacrificial system. These tables were likely made of stone, as suggested by archaeological findings of similar structures in ancient temples. The number two may symbolize witness or testimony, as seen in other biblical contexts where two witnesses establish a matter (<a href="/deuteronomy/19-15.htm">Deuteronomy 19:15</a>). The tables' placement on each side suggests symmetry and balance, reflecting the orderliness of God's design.on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings These offerings were central to the sacrificial system in the Old Testament, each serving a distinct purpose. Burnt offerings were entirely consumed by fire, symbolizing total dedication to God (Leviticus 1). Sin offerings were made for unintentional sins, emphasizing atonement and purification (Leviticus 4). Guilt offerings, or trespass offerings, addressed specific transgressions and required restitution (Leviticus 5). Together, these offerings highlight the comprehensive nature of atonement and reconciliation with God.were to be slaughtered The act of slaughtering the offerings was a critical component of the sacrificial process, signifying the seriousness of sin and the need for a substitute. This foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who was "slain from the foundation of the world" (<a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Revelation 13:8</a>) and fulfilled the sacrificial system by offering Himself once for all (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>). The meticulous instructions for these sacrifices underscore the holiness required to approach God and the provision He made for His people's redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, who received visions from God, including the vision of the new temple. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The vision of a future temple given to Ezekiel, symbolizing God's presence and the restoration of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_portico_of_the_gateway.htm">The Portico of the Gateway</a> A specific area in the temple vision where offerings were prepared, indicating a place of transition and preparation for worship. 4. <a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings,_sin_offerings,_and_guilt_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings, Sin Offerings, and Guilt Offerings</a> Types of sacrifices in the Old Testament law, each with specific purposes for atonement and worship. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_tables.htm">The Tables</a> Physical structures used for the preparation of sacrifices, symbolizing the order and provision for worship in the temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_sacrifice.htm">The Importance of Sacrifice</a> The presence of tables for offerings in the temple vision underscores the centrality of sacrifice in worship and atonement. In the New Covenant, Jesus is our ultimate sacrifice, fulfilling the need for continual offerings. <a href="/topical/o/order_in_worship.htm">Order in Worship</a> The detailed description of the temple and its furnishings highlights the importance of order and preparation in worship. Our worship today should also be approached with reverence and intentionality. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_atonement.htm">God's Provision for Atonement</a> The specific mention of different types of offerings shows God's provision for various aspects of sin and guilt. This points to the comprehensive nature of Christ's atonement for us. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_temple.htm">Symbolism of the Temple</a> The temple vision symbolizes God's desire to dwell among His people. As believers, we are called to be a living temple, reflecting His presence in our lives. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_hope.htm">Restoration and Hope</a> Ezekiel's vision of the temple was given during a time of exile, offering hope for restoration. Similarly, we can find hope in God's promises for our future restoration and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 40</a> <a href="/q/how_to_stop_sinful_body_actions.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'raise him up'?</a> <a href="/q/ezekiel_4_4-5__lie_390_days_safely.htm">Ezekiel 4:4-5: How could someone realistically lie on one side for 390 days without serious health complications or interruptions?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_ezekiel_46_and_other_texts_align.htm">Ezekiel 46:4-8 prescribes animal sacrifices long after the exile; how does this align with other texts that emphasize altered religious practices or question the necessity of sacrifices?</a> <a href="/q/why_sacrifices_in_the_millennial_kingdom.htm">Why are animal sacrifices in the millennial kingdom?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/40.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(39) In the porch.--The preposition admits the sense of either in or by, but as the porch was very small for two tables on either side, and as a thoroughfare would be an inconvenient place for the slaughter of the victims, it is better to take the sense of by. The four tables were arranged, two on either side, near the porch.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 39-42. - The tables. These were twelve in number, of which eight were used for slaughtering purposes, i.e. either for slaying the sacrifices or for laying upon them the carcasses of the slaughtered victims; and the remaining four for depositing thereon the instruments employed in killing the animals. Of the eight, four stood within the porch of the gate, two on each side, and four without - two on the side as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate; rather, at the shoulder to one going up to the gate opening towards the north, i.e. on the outside of the porch north wall; and two on the other side or shoulder, i.e. on the outside of the porch south wall. This determines the gate in question to have been, not the north gate, as the Authorized Version has conjectured, but the east gate, whose side walls looked towards the north and south. The third quaternion of tables appears to have been planted at the steps, presumably two on' each side, i.e. if with Kliefoth, Keil, and Schroder, לָעולָה be translated "at the ascent," or "going up," i.e. at the staircase (comp. ver. 26). If, however, with the Authorized and Revised Versions, Ewald, Hengstenberg, Smend, and others, לָעולָה be read "for the burnt offering," then the exact position of the tables is left undetermined, though in any case they must have been near the slaughtering-tables. As they were designed for heavy instruments, they were constructed of hewn stones a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; from which it may be argued the eight previously mentioned were made of wood. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Inside the portico וּבְאֻלָ֣ם (ū·ḇə·’u·lām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_197.htm">Strong's 197: </a> A vestibule of the gateway הַשַּׁ֗עַר (haš·ša·‘ar) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate [were] two שְׁנַ֤יִם (šə·na·yim) Number - md <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> Two (a cardinal number) tables שֻׁלְחָנוֹת֙ (šul·ḥā·nō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7979.htm">Strong's 7979: </a> A table, a meal on each side, מִפּ֔וֹ (mip·pōw) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6311.htm">Strong's 6311: </a> This place, here on which אֲלֵיהֶם֙ (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the burnt offerings, הָעוֹלָ֔ה (hā·‘ō·w·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering sin offerings, וְהַחַטָּ֖את (wə·ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender and guilt offerings וְהָאָשָֽׁם׃ (wə·hā·’ā·šām) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_817.htm">Strong's 817: </a> Guilt, a fault, a sin-offering were to be slaughtered. לִשְׁח֤וֹט (liš·ḥō·wṭ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7819.htm">Strong's 7819: </a> To slaughter, beat <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Ezekiel 40:39 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-39.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 40:39 In the porch of the gate were (Ezek. Eze Ezk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 40:38"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 40:38" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 40:40"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 40:40" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>