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Ezekiel 40:42

And the four tables [were] of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

And the four {H702} tables {H7979} were of hewn {H1496} stone {H68} for the burnt offering {H5930}, of a cubit {H520} and an half {H2677} long {H753}, and a cubit {H520} and an half {H2677} broad {H7341}, and one {H259} cubit {H520} high {H1363}: whereupon also they laid {H3240} the instruments {H3627} wherewith they slew {H7819} the burnt offering {H5930} and the sacrifice {H2077}.

There were four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, thirty-one-and-a-half inches square and twenty-one inches high, on which to lay the instruments for slaughtering the burnt offerings and other sacrifices.

There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

And there were four tables for the burnt-offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 40:39 (4 votes)

    ¶ 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.
  • Exodus 20:25 (3 votes)

    And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
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