38. There was also a doorway in the side walls of the gates. That doorway led into a room where the priests washed the sacrifices.
39. There were two tables on each side of the door of this porch. The animals for the burnt offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings were killed on these tables.
40. There were also two tables on each side of the door on the outside wall of this porch.
41. So there were four tables on the inside wall and four tables on the outside wall—eight tables that the priests used when they killed the animals for sacrifices.
42. There were also four tables made from cut stone for the burnt offerings. These tables were 1 1/2 cubits long, 1 1/2 cubits wide, and 1 cubit high. On these tables, the priests put their tools that they used to kill the animals for the burnt offerings and other sacrifices.
43. There were meat hooks three inches long on all the walls in this area. The meat of the offerings was put on the tables.
44. There were two rooms in the inner courtyard. One was by the north gate facing south. The other room was by the south gate facing north.
45. The man said to me, “The room that looks to the south is for the priests who are on duty and serving in the Temple area.