Boiling Places for Offerings

19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was (A)at the side of the gate, to the north row of (B)the 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 (C)shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where (D)they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so (E)transmit 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 (F)minister at the temple (G)shall boil the sacrifices of the people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 46:22 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  2. Ezekiel 46:22 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests, and there I saw a place at the extreme western end of them.(A) 20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the purification offering and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so communicate holiness to the people.”(B)

21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and in each corner of the court there was a court: 22 in the four corners of the court were small[a] courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide; the four were of the same size. 23 On the inside, around each of the four courts,[b] 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 serve at the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 46.22 Gk Syr Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 46.23 Heb the four of them

19 Then the man brought me through the entrance(A) at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north,(B) which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end. 20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests are to cook the guilt offering and the sin offering[a] and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating(C) the people.”(D)

21 He then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw in each corner another court. 22 In the four corners of the outer court were enclosed[b] courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide;[c] each of the courts in the four corners was the same size. 23 Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with places for fire built all around under the ledge. 24 He said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple are to cook the sacrifices of the people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 46:20 Or purification offering
  2. Ezekiel 46:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Ezekiel 46:22 That is, about 70 feet long and 53 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 16 meters wide