There were hooks, each 3 inches long, fastened all around the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.
Parallel translations
- WEB The hooks, a hand width long, were fastened within all around: and on the tables was the meat of the offering.
- 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.
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Quick answer
Hooks were fixed around the area, and the offering's meat was laid on the tables. Even the practical handling of sacrifices was given a proper, ordered place.
Overview
The vision notes the fittings for hanging and preparing the sacrificial flesh. Every detail reinforces that approach to God is deliberate and reverent, never careless. This ordered handling of the offering anticipates the body of Christ given for us (Luke 22:19), the substance of which all sacrifice was a shadow.
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Cross-references · 3
- 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;
- Lev 8:20He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
- Lev 1:6He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.
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