40:38 There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; 2 there they washed the burnt offering.
1 sn Human waste was to remain outside the camp of the Israelites according to Deut 23:15.
2 tc The MT reads “jambs of the gates” which does not make sense in a context discussing one chamber. The emendation to “porch” is similar to v. 14. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:530.
3 tn Heb “fill its hands.”
4 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.