Ezekiel 42:13-14

13 Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite * the ¹separate area, they are the ²holy chambers where * the priests who are ³near to the LORD shall eat the ⁴most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; for the place is holy.

14 "When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary without ⁵laying there their ⁶garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people."

Ezekiel 42:13-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 42

In this chapter are a description of some chambers in the northern part of the outward court, Eze 42:1-12, an account of the use made of them by the priests, Eze 42:13,14, the measuring of the area, or whole compass of ground, on which the whole building before measured stood, with the wall that surrounded it, Eze 41:15-20.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 42:1, 10
• 2. Exodus 29:31; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 10:13, 14, 17
• 3. Leviticus 10:3; Deuteronomy 21:5; Ezekiel 40:46
• 4. Leviticus 6:25, 29; Leviticus 14:13; Numbers 18:9, 10
• 5. Ezekiel 44:19
• 6. Exodus 29:4-9; Leviticus 8:7, 13; Isaiah 61:10; Zechariah 3:4, 5

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "but there they shall lay"