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19 Then he brought me through the entrance which was on the side of the gate to the holy chambers[a] to the priests; the chambers were facing northwards and, look, there was a place at the extreme end westwards. 20 And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering in order not to bring them out to the outer courtyard to make the people holy. 21 And he brought me to the outer courtyard and led me past the four corners of the courtyard; and look, there was a courtyard in each corner of the courtyard.[b] 22 In the four corners of the courtyard were small[c] courtyards forty cubits in length and thirty cubits in width, each with the same measurements[d] for the four of them with corners.[e] 23 And a row was all around inside[f] them, and cooking-places were made under the rows of stones[g] all around. 24 And he said to me, “These are the houses for[h] cooking, where the ones serving the temple shall cook the sacrifices of the people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 46:19 Literally “to the chamber of the holiness”
  2. Ezekiel 46:21 Literally “a courtyard in the corner of the courtyard, a courtyard in the corner of the courtyard”
  3. Ezekiel 46:22 Hebrew uncertain
  4. Ezekiel 46:22 Literally “measurement one”
  5. Ezekiel 46:22 Or “being cornered”
  6. Ezekiel 46:23 Hebrew “in”
  7. Ezekiel 46:23 Possibly some kind of stone ledge
  8. Ezekiel 46:24 Hebrew “of”

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