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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Ezekiel 40:38

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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chambers . . . entries--literally, "a chamber and its door." by the posts--that is, 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 Lev 1:11 directs the sacrifices to be killed north of the altar; and Eze 8:5 calls the north gate, "the gate of the altar." And Eze 40:40 particularly mentions the north gate.
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