Ezekiel 40:38-43

The Inner Court

³⁸ There was _s a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, _{1 t} where the burnt offering was to be washed. ³⁹ And in the vestibule of the gate were two _u tables on either side, on which the _v burnt offering and the _w sin offering and the _x guilt offering were to be slaughtered. ⁴⁰ And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. ⁴¹ _y Four tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables, _z on which to slaughter. ⁴² And there were four tables _a of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the _v burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. ⁴³ And hooks, ₂ a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 40:17
   Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.
   
2. Cross References
   Ezekiel 46:2
   The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
   2 Chronicles 4:6
   He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
   
3. Cross References
   Ezekiel 40:42
   And there were four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered.
   
4. Cross References
   Ezekiel 46:2
   The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
   Leviticus 1:3 - 4
   If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord.
   
5. Cross References
   Ezekiel 42:13
   Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings - the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering - for the place is holy.
   Leviticus 4:2 - 3
   Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord 's commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them.
   
6. Cross References
   Ezekiel 42:13
   Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings - the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering - for the place is holy.
   Ezekiel 46:20
   And he said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so transmit holiness to the people.
   Leviticus 5:1 - 6
   If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity.
   
7. Cross References
   Ezekiel 40:39 - 40
   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.
   
8. Cross References
   Ezekiel 40:38
   There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, where the burnt offering was to be washed.
   
9. Cross References
   Exodus 20:25
   If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.
   
10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:39
    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.