Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:39)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:39:

  • Kupsabiny: “There were four tables there by/in the veranda of the gate, two on this side and two on that side. The animals of sacrifices were skinned there like those that were burned whole, those for sweeping away sin and for appeasing of sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “On each side of that balcony there were two tables where the animals were-being-slaughtered as burnt offering, offering of cleansing, and offering as payment for sin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “In the entry room, there were two tables on each side of the room. On those tables would be slaughtered the animals that would be completely burned, and the animals for offerings for sins that people had committed, and offerings to cause people to longer be guilty for having sinned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:40)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:40:

  • Kupsabiny: “There were two tables outside the veranda near those things one climbs on there at the gate of the North. There were also two tables at the other side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There were still two tables more at each side of the stair which going-up to the way in the north.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Along the outside wall of the entry room, on each side of the steps at the opening to the entryway on the north side, were two tables.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:41)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:41:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, there were four tables inside the veranda and four other tables were outside. So, the tables for skinning those animals of sacrifices were eight all together.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore there were eight tables in all on-which- the offering were-being-slaughtered, four at the balcony and four at the side of the way.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So there were four tables outside the entrance and four tables inside the entry room, on which the animals to be sacrificed were slaughtered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:42)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:42:

  • Kupsabiny: “There were also four other tables that were made from stone. Those tables were used for the sacrifices that were burned whole. The tables had a height of twenty inches and the width of the top side were equal/same size each side being/having thirty inches. Those tables were for the utensils for sacrifice like knives and others.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There were also four tables there which were made from the hewn/carved stone, where the utensils/articles/lit. things-to-be-used being-placed for slaughtering of burnt offerings and still other offerings. These tables were 30 inches square and 20 inches high.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “There were also four tables of cut stone for the offerings to be completely burned, 31-1/2 in./80 cm. on each side and 21 in./53 cm. high. On those stone tables would be placed the tools for slaughtering all the animals for the sacrifices.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:43)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:43:

  • Kupsabiny: “Hooks were fixed halfway up the house all around and each hook had a length of three inches.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Around the stone-wall of the balcony there were pegs/hooks which were three inches long. And I saw on the tables the meat to be-offered.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The meat for the offerings would be placed on stone tables. There were hooks on which the meat was hung, each with two prongs, each 3 in./8 cm. long, fastened to the walls of the entry room.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:44)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:44:

  • Kupsabiny: “There were two rooms in the inner courtyard. One was near the North gate looking to the South and the other was near the South gate looking to the North.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There were two rooms in the inner courtyard. The one beside the way in the north and faced the south, and the one beside the way in the south and faced the north.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Outside the inner entryway, inside the inner courtyard, were two rooms, one on the north side and one on the south side.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:45)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:45:

  • Kupsabiny: “That man said to me, ‘The room that looks to the South belongs to the priests who guard/take care of the House of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The man said to me, ‘The room which faces the south is for the priests who rule in the temple,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The man said to me, ‘The room whose door faces south is for the priests who are in charge of the work in the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 40:46)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:46:

  • Kupsabiny: “And the one that looks to the North belongs to the priests who are in charge of the altars. All these priests come from the house of Zadok and only they who are from the house of Levi are able to come near God and prepare sacrifices.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and the room which faces the north is for the priests who rule in the altars. They were descendants of Zadok, and they alone among the descendants of Levi who were-allowed to be-able-to-come-near in the presence of the LORD and can-serve to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The room whose door faces north is for the priests who are in charge of the work at the altar. They are the descendants of Zadok; they are the only descendants of Levi who are permitted to approach Yahweh while they work for him.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)