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Ezekiel 40:43
The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel records a visionary tour of a restored temple, detailing the interior architecture of the sanctuary room. The description specifies the exact placement of ritual fixtures for the preparation of sacrificial meat.
The words — The text highlights שְׁפַתַּיִם (shepa.tta.yim), rendered as "double-pronged hooks," which were secured around the room's interior. It also records טֹפַח (to.fach), meaning "a handbreadth," to define the precise length of each hook.
The thread — The instruction to place slaughter flesh on tables aligns with the cutting procedures in Leviticus 1:6 and Leviticus 8:20. These passages similarly describe processing offerings into pieces for arrangement on prepared surfaces.
Why it lands — The verse requires exact attention to the physical preparation mandated for ritual slaughter. It establishes that sacred offerings must be processed on designated surfaces according to fixed measurements.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 1:6 Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
- Leviticus 1:8 Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar.
- Leviticus 8:20 He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.