Ezekiel 46:19

19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests; and there I saw a place at the extreme western end of them.

Ezekiel 46:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 46:19

After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side
of the gate
The north gate of the inner court, where the prophet was last, ( Ezekiel 44:4 ) , through an entry, by the side of that, he was brought by the man his guide: into the holy chambers of the priests;
see ( Ezekiel 42:13 ) : and, behold, there was a place in the two sides westward;
or, "on their sides westward" F16; on the west side of the chambers; the Targum is at the west end of them: the use of this place follows,


FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Mtkryb) "in lateribus ejus vel eorum, in extremo", Starckius.

Ezekiel 46:19 In-Context

17 But if he makes a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall revert to the prince; only his sons may keep a gift from his inheritance.
18 The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their holding; he shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own holding, so that none of my people shall be dispossessed of their holding.
19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests; and there I saw a place at the extreme western end of them.
20 He said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so communicate holiness to the people."
21 Then he brought me out to the outer court, and led me past the four corners of the court; and in each corner of the court there was a court—
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