Ezechiele 42:13

13 Ed egli mi disse: "Le camere di settentrione e le camere di mezzogiorno che stanno difaccia allo spazio vuoto, sono le camere sante, dove i sacerdoti che s’accostano all’Eterno mangeranno le cose santissime; quivi deporranno le cose santissime, le oblazioni e le vittime per il peccato e per la colpa; poiché quel luogo è santo.

Ezechiele 42:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:13

Then said he unto me
The divine Person that measured and described these chambers, and brought the prophet to take a view of them, said to him, as follows: the north chambers, and the south chambers, which are before the
separate place, they be holy chambers;
these are the two rows of chambers before described, which were southward and northward to each other, though both in the northern part of the outward court; these were for holy persons to dwell in, and for holy things to be done in, as the churches of Christ are; they consist of holy persons, men called with a holy calling, and in them the holy word of God is preached, and holy ordinances administered: where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy
things;
which is to be understood not of the ministers of the Gospel, for whom a proper maintenance is to be provided, and who should live of the Gospel they preach; but of all the saints, who are made priests to God by Christ; and who approach unto the Lord by him, in his name and righteousness, and by the faith of him, with true hearts, in a spiritual manner; and which is profitable to themselves, and acceptable to God; for whom spiritual provisions are made in his house: these have most holy things to eat of, the holy word of God, the law part of which is holy, just, and good; and the Gospel part is our most holy faith, which is food for faith, savoury and salutary, milk for babes, and meat for strong men; and which is found and eaten, and digested by them: also our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the most holy, and is the sum and substance of the word and ordinances, and the food of believers, the bread of life, the hidden manna, the Lamb of God, and fatted calf; whose flesh and blood are meat and drink indeed, and are eaten and fed upon by faith. There shall they lay the most holy things;
lay up the word of God in their minds and memories, and remember the love of God, his sufferings and death, and the benefits arising from them, particularly in the ordinance of the supper: and the meat offering;
the "minchah", or bread offering, made of fine flour, typical of Christ, the bread of life: and the sin, offering, and the trespass offering;
both typical of Christ, made sin for his people; and who, by one sacrifice of himself, has made atonement for it, and an end of it; (See Gill on Ezekiel 40:39), these were called the most holy things, and were laid up in the sanctuary for the priests and their families to live upon, ( Leviticus 6:17 ) : for the place is holy:
the place of these chambers holy, as the temple itself, where these most holy things and holy persons were.

Ezechiele 42:13 In-Context

11 e, davanti a queste, c’era un corridoio come quello delle camere di settentrione; la loro lunghezza e la loro larghezza erano come la lunghezza e la larghezza di quelle, e così tutte le loro uscite, le loro disposizioni e le loro porte.

12 Così erano anche le porte delle camere di mezzogiorno; c’erano parimenti una porta in capo al corridoio: al corridoio che si trovava proprio davanti al muro, dal lato d’oriente di chi v’entrava.

13 Ed egli mi disse: "Le camere di settentrione e le camere di mezzogiorno che stanno difaccia allo spazio vuoto, sono le camere sante, dove i sacerdoti che s’accostano all’Eterno mangeranno le cose santissime; quivi deporranno le cose santissime, le oblazioni e le vittime per il peccato e per la colpa; poiché quel luogo è santo.

14 Quando i sacerdoti saranno entrati, non usciranno dal luogo santo per andare nel cortile esterno, senz’aver prima deposti quivi i paramenti coi quali fanno il servizio, perché questi paramenti sono santi; indosseranno altre vesti, poi potranno accostarsi alla parte che è riservata al popolo".

15 Quando ebbe finito di misurare così l’interno della casa, egli mi menò fuori per la porta ch’era al lato d’oriente e misurò il recinto tutt’attorno.