Ezekiel 40:38
WEB
A room with its door was by the posts at the gates. They washed the burnt offering there.
BSB
There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.
KJV
And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H3957
n-f — room
Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
KJV: chamber, parlour. Compare 5393.
n.f — room
לִשְׁכָּה n.f. room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka
H6607
n-m — opening, door, entrance way
Derivation: from 6605;
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
KJV: door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
n.m — opening
פֶּ֫תַח 164 n.m. opening, doorway, entrance
H352
n-m — strength, strong, chief, ram, pilaster, oak
Derivation: from the same as 193;
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
KJV: mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
n.m — leader
[אַ֫יִל ?] n.m. leader, chief
n.m — terebinth
[אַ֫יִל ?] n.m. terebinth
n.[m.] — projecting pillar
אַ֫יִל n.[m.] projecting pillar or pilaster
n.m — ram
אַ֫יִל 156 n.m. ram (as leader of flock)
H8179
n-m — opening, door, gate
Derivation: from 8176 in its original sense;
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV: city, door, gate, port (× -er).
n.m — gate
שַׁ֫עַר 373 n.m. gate
H8033
adv — there, then, thither, thence
Derivation: a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, 834);
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
KJV: in it, thence, there (-in, of, out), thither, whither.
adv — there
שָׁם adv. there, thither
H1740
v — thrust, cleanse
Derivation: a primitive root;
to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse
KJV: cast out, purge, wash.
vb — rinse
[דּוּחַ, דִּיחַ] vb. rinse, cleanse away by rinsing, washing
Hiph.
1. rinse, victims to be offered in sacrifice
2. fig. cleanse by washing
H853
prt — self, even, namely
Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].
mark of the accusative
אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite
H5930
n-f — step, holocaust
Derivation: or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of 5927;
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
KJV: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also 5766.
n.f — whole burnt-offering
עֹלָה 286 n.f. whole burnt-offering
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Verses 27–38
Ezekiel 40:27–38
In these verses we have a delineation of the inner court. The survey of the outer court ended with the south side of it. This of the inner court begins with the south side (Eze 40:27), proceeds to the east (Eze 40:32), and so to the north (Eze 40:35); for here is no gate either of the outer or inner court towards the west. It should seem that in Solomon's temple there were gates westward, for we find porters towards the west, Ch1 9:24; Ch1 26:8. But Josephus says that in the second temple there was no gate on the west side. Observe, 1. These gates into the inner court were exactly uniform with those into the outer court, the dimensions the same, the chambers adjoining the same, the galleries or rows round the court the same, and the very engravings on the posts the same. The work of grace, and its workings, are the same, for substance, in grown Christians that they are in young beginners, only that the former have got so much nearer their perfection. The faith of all the saints is alike precious, though it be not alike strong. There is a great resemblance between one child of God and another; for all they are brethren and bear the same image. 2. The ascent into the outer court at each gate was by seven steps, but the ascent into the inner court at each gate was by eight steps. This is expressly taken notice of (Eze 40:31, Eze 40:34, Eze 40:37), to signify that the nearer we approach to God the more we should rise above this world and the things of it. The people, who worshipped in the outer court, must rise seven steps above other people, but the priests, who attended in the inner court, must rise eight steps above them, must exceed them at least one step more than they exceed other people.
Cross-references: Ezek 40:27 · Ezek 40:32 · Ezek 40:35 · 1Chr 9:24 · 1Chr 26:8 · Ezek 40:31 · Ezek 40:34 · Ezek 40:37