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Ezekiel 40:43 Explained in Context
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Verse 43. 43And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
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Quick Meaning
Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about” at Ezekiel 40:43 as part of “Washing Chamber, Slaughter Tables, and Hooks Serve Offerings.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 40:38–43
Read Ezekiel 40:43 with 40:38–43. By itself, “And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: A chamber at the gate, eight tables, stone surfaces, hooks, and surrounding tables provide places for washing and preparing burnt, sin, and trespass offerings.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “Inner South, East, and North Gates Repeat the Pattern” into “Washing Chamber, Slaughter Tables, and Hooks Serve Offerings.” Its non-interchangeable contribution is: A chamber at the gate, eight tables, stone surfaces, hooks, and surrounding tables provide places for washing and preparing burnt, sin, and trespass offerings. This verse's placement is specific: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about” at Ezekiel 40:43 as part of “Washing Chamber, Slaughter Tables, and Hooks Serve Offerings.”
What Remains True
Presence, ordered access, accountable leadership, honest measures, protected inheritance, life-giving water, and a named community belong together; technical holiness cannot replace justice. In Ezekiel 40:43, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about” at Ezekiel 40:43 as part of “Washing Chamber, Slaughter Tables, and Hooks Serve Offerings.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Study the measurements and social hierarchy without demanding a modern build, animal harm, exclusion, or displacement; ask how worship, access, ecology, and power serve life. This response follows Ezekiel 40:38–43's specific concern, “Washing Chamber, Slaughter Tables, and Hooks Serve Offerings.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about” at Ezekiel 40:43 as part of “Washing Chamber, Slaughter Tables, and Hooks Serve Offerings.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Ezekiel 40:38–43, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 40:38–43
Open the fixed Hebrew Ezekiel file ↗translation and translator notes
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Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
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Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 40:38–43
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