And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
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Gill's Exposition
And the chamber whose prospect is towards the north,.... The row of chambers on the side of the east gate; that side of it that was towards the north, and which the chambers in it faced:
is for the…
Barnes' Notes
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.…
We have here a very short and ready way taken for the dividing of the land among the twelve tribes, not so tedious and so far about as the way that was taken in Joshua's time; for in the distribution…
Cambridge Bible
withinwere hooks The word rendered hooksoccurs in the sense of cattlepens (Psa 68:14), a meaning precluded here by the dimension, a handbreadth. Such hooks fitted up "within," i.e. in the porch, might…