And in the vestibule of the gate there were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, to slay the burnt offerings and the sin offerings and the guilt offerings—identifying tables used for ritual slaughter of sacrifices, positioned in the gate vestibule. The four tables suggest capacity for multiple simultaneous sacrificial practices. The specification of offering types (burnt, sin, guilt) indicates that multiple types of sacrifices occur at these tables. The location in the vestibule suggests that slaughter occurs at the gate as a preliminary step before processing the offering. This verse identifies the ritual slaughter function of the gate vestibule.

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