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Orderly Preparation for Worship
Commentators explain that this verse describes four stone tables—two on each side of the entrance to the north gate. These tables, located just before the steps leading into the inner court, were designated for the slaying of sacrificial animals. This detail emphasizes the order and specific preparation required for worship in Ezekiel's visionary temple.
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 40:40
18th Century
Theologian
On either side of the entrance of the north gate (from the inner court), were two tables on one side and two tables on the other side of the porch.…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 40:40
19th Century
Bishop
At the side without. —If there could be any doubt that this means in the outer court, it would be removed by the explanat…
John Gill
On Ezekiel 40:40
17th Century
Pastor
And at the side without, as one goes up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables Or, "the door of the north gate" …
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 40:1–49
17th Century
Minister
Here is a vision, beginning at Ezekiel 40 and continuing to the end of the book, Ezekiel 48, which is rightly regarded as one of the mos…