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Ezekiel 40

Ez. 40:38 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the chambers
lishkah (Hebrew #3957)
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
KJV usage: chamber, parlour. Compare 5393.
Pronounce: lish-kaw'
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
and the entries
pethach (Hebrew #6607)
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
KJV usage: door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
Pronounce: peh'-thakh
Origin: from 6605
thereof were by the posts
'ayil (Hebrew #352)
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 usage: mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
Pronounce: ah'-yil
Origin: from the same as 193
of the gates
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
, where they washed
duwach (Hebrew #1740)
to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse
KJV usage: cast out, purge, wash.
Pronounce: doo'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
the burnt offering
`olah (Hebrew #5930)
feminine active participle of 5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
KJV usage: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also 5766.
Pronounce: o-law'
Origin: or mowlah {o-law'}
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Burnt Offering or Sacrifice,
Chamber,
Gate,
Offering; Offering Up,
Washing

Cross References

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the chambers.
Ez. 40:12• 12Y el espacio de delante de las cámaras, de un codo de la una parte, y de otro codo de la otra; y cada cámara tenía seis codos de una parte, y seis codos de otra. (Ez. 40:12)
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Ez. 41:10‑11• 10Y entre las cámaras había anchura de veinte codos por todos lados alrededor de la casa.
 11Y la puerta de cada cámara salía al espacio que quedaba; una puerta hacia el norte, y otra puerta hacia el mediodía: y la anchura del espacio que quedaba era de cinco codos por todo alrededor. (Ez. 41:10‑11)
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1 R. 6:8• 8La puerta del aposento de en medio estaba al lado derecho de la casa: y subíase por un caracol al de en medio, y del aposento de en medio al tercero. (1 R. 6:8)
where.This place, where the legs and entrails of the sacrifices, especially of the burnt offerings, were washed, was just within the portico of the north entrance to the inner court, or court of the priests.
An allusion to this is most probably made by the inspired apostle when writing his Epistle to the Hebrews, at the 10th chapter and 22nd verse.
"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."
Lv. 1:9• 9Y lavará con agua sus intestinos y sus piernas: y el sacerdote hará arder todo sobre el altar: holocausto es, ofrenda encendida de olor suave á Jehová. (Lv. 1:9)
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Lv. 8:21• 21Lavó luego con agua los intestinos y piernas, y quemó Moisés todo el carnero sobre el altar: holocausto en olor de suavidad, ofrenda encendida á Jehová; como lo había Jehová mandado á Moisés. (Lv. 8:21)
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He. 10:22• 22Lleguémonos con corazón verdadero, en plena certidumbre de fe, purificados los corazones de mala conciencia, y lavados los cuerpos con agua limpia. (He. 10:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinseda the burnt-offering.

JND Translation Notes

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"Thoroughly washed." see 2 Chron. 4.6; as "scoured out," Isa. 4.4.