The hooks, a hand width long, were fastened within all around: and on the tables was the meat of the offering.
Parallel translations
- KJV And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
- BSB The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.
- NKJV Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.
- NASB And the double hooks, one hand width in length, were installed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
- NLT There were hooks, each 3 inches long, fastened all around the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.
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Cross-references · 3
- Lev 1:6He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.
- Lev 8:20He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
- Lev 1:8and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar;
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