Ezekiel 46:19-24

Boiling Places for Offerings

19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was ¹at the side of the gate, to the north row of ²the holy chambers for the priests, and behold, a place was there at the extreme western end of them.

20 And he said to me, "This is the place where the priests ³shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where ⁴they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so ⁵transmit holiness to the people."

21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me around to the four corners of the court. And behold, in each corner of the court there was another court--

22 in the four corners of the court were small^[a] courts, forty cubits^[b] long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size.

23 On the inside, around each of the four courts was a row of masonry, with hearths made at the bottom of the rows all around.

24 Then he said to me, "These are the kitchens where those who ⁶minister at the temple ⁷shall boil the sacrifices of the people."

Ezekiel 46:19-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 46

This chapter treats of the shutting of the eastern gate of the inner court on working days, and opening it on sabbaths and new moons, for the prince and people to worship in, Eze 46:1-3, gives a further account of the sacrifices of both at these seasons, and of their different ways of going in and out, Eze 46:4-15, delivers some rules about the prince's disposing of his gifts to his sons and servants, Eze 46:16-18 and describes the places for the priest's baking and boiling the sacrifices, Eze 46:19-24.

Cross References

• 1. [ver. 1]
• 2. [Ezekiel 42:4]
• 3. 2 Chronicles 35:13
• 4. [Leviticus 2:4]
• 5. See Ezekiel 44:19
• 6. Ezekiel 44:11
• 7. [See ver. 20 above]

Footnotes

• [a]. Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
• [b]. A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters