Ezekiel 46:19

The Temple Kitchens

19 Then he brought me through the entrance^[a] that was at the side of the gate, into the priests' holy chambers, which faced north. I saw a place there at the far western end.

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 a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom, when it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it is theirs.

18 The prince must not take any of the people's inheritance, evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his own property."

19 Then he brought me through the entrance that was at the side of the gate, into the priests' holy chambers, which faced north. I saw a place there at the far western end.

20 He said to me, "This is the place where the priests will boil the restitution offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring [them] into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people."

21 Next he brought me into the outer court and led me past its four corners. There was a [separate] court in each of its corners.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ezk 42:9