Ezekiel 40:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

The chambers, and the entries - literally, a chamber and its door.

By the posts - i:e., at or close by the posts or columns.

Where they washed the burnt offering. This does not apply to all the gates, but only to the north gate; for Leviticus 1:11 directs the sacrifices to be killed north of the altar; and Ezekiel 8:5 calls the north gate "the gate of the altar." And Ezekiel 40:40 particularly mentions the north gate.

Ezekiel 40:38

38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.