39. Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and restitution offering.
40. Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.
41. So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done.
42. There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31 1/2 inches long, 31 1/2 inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.
43. There were three-inch hooks fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.
44. Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers: one beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south gate, facing north.
45. Then the man said to me: “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.
46. The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the Lord to serve Him.”
47. Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.