And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.
And they had edges all round as wide as a man's hand: and on the tables was the flesh of the offerings.
And within were hooks, a hand broad, fastened around: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within all around: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
And the hooks, an handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.
Hooks - The alternative renderings given in the margin indicate the doubtfulness of the translation of the original word. The form is dual, and indicates that it is some object usually found in pairs. Some suggest that they were borders or ledges set, on either side of the tables, a handbreadth from the edges, to prevent the instruments placed on them from falling off. If the rendering "hooks" be adopted, it is to be explained thus: that these hooks were set on the wall "within," that each hook was forked (hence, the "dual" form), and projected from the wall one span; and that on these hooks were hung the carcasses of the slain animals.
40:43 Within - Within the porch, where these tables stood.Hooks - Hooks on which the slaughtered sacrifice might be hanged, while they prepared it farther. Fastened - To walls no doubt, near these tables.