Ezekiel 46:19

19 Next, he brought me through the entry at the side of the gate into the holy rooms facing north that were for the cohanim. At their far west end I saw a place

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,

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Ezekiel 46:19 In-Context

17 But if he gives part of his hereditary property to one of his slaves, it will be his until the year of freedom, at which time it will revert to the prince, so that the prince's heritage will go to his sons.

18 The prince is not to take over any of the people's inheritance, thereby evicting them wrongfully from their property; he is to give his sons an inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people will be driven off their property.'"

19 Next, he brought me through the entry at the side of the gate into the holy rooms facing north that were for the cohanim. At their far west end I saw a place

20 about which he said to me, "This is the place where the cohanim will boil the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the grain offerings. In this way they won't have to bring them into the outer courtyard and risk transmitting holiness to the people."

21 He took me into the outer courtyard and had me pass by the four corners of the courtyard, and there in each corner of the courtyard was another courtyard -