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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 40:39-49
In these verses we have an account, I. Of the tables that were in the porch of the gates of the inner court. We find no description of the altars of burnt-offerings in the midst of that court till Ezek. 43:18. But, because the one altar under the law was to be exchanged for a multitude of tables under the gospel, here is early notice taken of the tables, at our entrance into the inner court; for till we come to partake of the table of the Lord we are but professors at large; our admission to... read more