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Ezekiel 40:39-41
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel 40:39-41
Contemporary English Version
The Rooms for Sacrificing Animals
38-39 Inside the entrance room of the north gate, I saw four tables, two on each side of the room, where the animals to be sacrificed were killed. Just outside[a] this room was a small building used for washing the animals before they were offered as sacrifices to please the Lord[b] or sacrifices for sin[c] or sacrifices to make things right.[d] 40 Four more tables were in the outer courtyard, two on each side of the steps leading into the entrance room. 41 So there was a total of eight tables, four inside and four outside, where the animals were killed,
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- 40.38,39 Just outside: Or “Inside.”
- 40.38,39 sacrifices to please the Lord: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “whole burnt offerings” because the whole animal was burned on the altar. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to please the Lord with the smell of the sacrifice, and so in the CEV they are often called “sacrifices to please the Lord.”
- 40.38,39 sacrifices for sin: See Leviticus 4.1,2; 6.24-30.
- 40.38,39 sacrifices to make things right: See Leviticus 5.14-19; 7.1-10.
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