Ezekiel 40:38

Easy To Read Version

There was a room with a door that opened onto the porch of this gate. This is where the priests wash the animals for the burnt offerings.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:8

The entrance to the bottom rooms was on the south side of the temple. Inside, there were stairs that went up to the second floor rooms and from there to the third floor rooms.

1 Chronicles 28:12

David had made plans for all parts of the temple. David gave those plans to Solomon. David gave him all the plans for the yard around the Lord’s temple, and for all the rooms around it. David gave him the plans for the temple storerooms and for the storerooms where they kept the holy things used in the temple.

2 Chronicles 4:6

Solomon made ten basins. He put five basins on the right side of the large bronze tank. And Solomon put five basins on the left side of the large bronze tank. These ten basins were to be used to wash the things offered for the burnt offerings. {\cf2\super [60]} But the large bronze tank was to be used by the priests for washing before they offered sacrifices. {\cf2\super [61]}

Nehemiah 13:9

I gave commands for those rooms to be made pure and clean. Then I put the temple dishes and things, the grain offerings, and the incense back into those rooms.

Jeremiah 35:4

Then I brought the Recabite family into the temple of the Lord. We went into the room called the room of the sons of Hanan. Hanan was the son of a man named Igdaliah. Hanan was a man of God. {\cf2\super [293]} The room was next to the room where the princes of Judah stay. It was over the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum. Maaseiah was the doorkeeper in the temple.

Jeremiah 36:10

At that time, Baruch read the scroll {\cf2\super [304]} that contained Jeremiah’s words. He read the scroll in the temple of the Lord. Baruch read the scroll to all the people that were in the Lord’s temple. Baruch was in the room of Gemariah in the upper courtyard when he read from the scroll. That room was located at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple. Gemariah was the son of Shaphan. Gemariah was a scribe {\cf2\super [305]} in the temple.

Ezekiel 40:12

There was a low wall in front of each room. That wall was 1 cubit {\cf2\super [320]} tall and 1 cubit thick. The rooms were square. Each wall was 6 cubits {\cf2\super [321]} long.

Ezekiel 40:17

Then the man led me into the outer courtyard. I saw thirty rooms and a pavement that went all the way around the courtyard. The rooms were along the wall and faced in toward the pavement.

Ezekiel 40:44

There were two rooms in the inner courtyard. One was by the north gate facing south. The other room was by the south {\cf2\super [347]} gate facing north.

Ezekiel 40:45

The man said to me, “The room that looks to the south is for the priests who are on duty and serving in the temple area.

Ezekiel 40:46

But the room that looks to the north is for the priests who are on duty and serving at the altar. {\cf2\super [348]} The priests are from the family group of Levi. But this second group of priests are the descendants {\cf2\super [349]} of Zadok. They are the only people who can carry the sacrifices to the altar to serve the Lord.” {\cf2\super [350]}

Ezekiel 42:13

The man said to me, “The north rooms and south rooms across from the restricted area are holy. These rooms are for the priests that offer the sacrifices to the Lord. That is where the priests will eat the most holy offerings. And that is where they will put the most holy offerings. Why? Because this place is holy. The most holy offerings are: the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings.

Leviticus 1:13

The priest must wash the legs and inside parts of the animal with water. Then the priest must offer all the animal’s parts. He must burn the animal on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire. Its smell pleases the Lord.

Leviticus 1:9

The priest must wash the legs and inside parts of the animal with water. Then the priest must burn all the animal’s parts on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire. Its smell pleases the Lord.

Hebrews 10:22

We have been cleansed and made free from feelings of guilt. And our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere (true) heart, feeling sure because of our faith.