John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:39
And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side ,.... This is still the north gate of the inward court, which had a porch that reached from the outward to the inner gate of it, in which were three little chambers on each side, Ezekiel 40:36 , between each of which were a space of five cubits, Ezekiel 40:7 , so that there were two such spaces on each side; and in these spaces, as Starckius well conjectures, these tables were placed, two on one side,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:38
And the chambers, and the entries thereof, were by the posts of the gates ,.... Of the north gate; the plural for the singular; for not at the other gates, only at the north gate, were the sacrifices slain and washed; as under the law, only on the north side of the altar, Leviticus 1:11 , now, by the posts of this gate, or at the entrance of it on one side, stood a cell or chamber, and a door into it F15 ולשכהופתחה "et cubiculum, et ostium ejus", Pagninus, Montanus; "caeterum... read more