38. There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; there they washed the burnt offering.
39. In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.
40. On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.
41. Four tables were on each side of the gate, eight tables on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.
42. The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches long, 32 inches wide, and 21 inches high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.
43. There were hooks three inches long, fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
44. On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south gate facing north.
45. He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
46. and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the Lord to minister to him.”
47. He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple.