Ezekiel 40:38

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And the chambers and the entries thereof [were] by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

Complete Jewish Bible:

There was a room with its entry by the supports at the gates where the burnt offerings were washed.

Berean Standard Bible:

There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.

American Standard Version:

And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And the chambers{H3957} and the entries{H6607} thereof were by the posts{H352} of the gates{H8179}, where they washed{H1740} the burnt offering{H5930}.

Cross-References (KJV):

2 Chronicles 4:6

  • He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea [was] for the priests to wash in.

Leviticus 1:9

  • But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, [to be] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Hebrews 10:22

  • Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Ezekiel 42:13

  • Then said he unto me, The north chambers [and] the south chambers, which [are] before the separate place, they [be] holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place [is] holy.

1 Kings 6:8

  • The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third.

Ezekiel 40:12

  • The space also before the little chambers [was] one cubit [on this side], and the space [was] one cubit on that side: and the little chambers [were] six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

Ezekiel 40:17

  • Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, [there were] chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers [were] upon the pavement.

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Commentary for Ezekiel 40:38

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3957
    There are 41 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לִשְׁכָּה
    Transliteration: lishkâh
    Pronunciation: lish-kaw'
    Description: from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging); chamber, parlour. Compare נִשְׁכָּה.
  2. Strong's Number: H6607
    There are 154 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פֶּתַח
    Transliteration: pethach
    Pronunciation: peh'-thakh
    Description: from פָּתַח; an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way; door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
  3. Strong's Number: H352
    There are 256 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַיִל
    Transliteration: ʼayil
    Pronunciation: ah'-yil
    Description: from the same as אוּל; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree; mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
  4. Strong's Number: H8179
    There are 302 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שַׁעַר
    Transliteration: shaʻar
    Pronunciation: shah'-ar
    Description: from שָׁעַר in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).
  5. Strong's Number: H1740
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דּוּחַ
    Transliteration: dûwach
    Pronunciation: doo'-akh
    Description: a primitive root; to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse; cast out, purge, wash.
  6. Strong's Number: H5930
    There are 262 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֹלָה
    Transliteration: ʻôlâh
    Pronunciation: o-law'
    Description: or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of עָלָה; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke); ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also עֶוֶל.