Ezekiel 46

Other Festivals and the Prince

1This is what the Lord God says.

Inheritance of the Prince's Property

16This is what the Lord God says.

The Kitchens for Sacrifices

19Then he took me through the entrance into the holy rooms for the priests that were located on the north side of the temple, beside the north gatehouse. Looking toward the west, I saw that there was a special place at the back of the temple area.[#46:19 The meaning of this verse is uncertain. For clarity, the translation provides some details that are not explicitly stated in the text.]

20He said to me, “This is the place where the priests are to boil the restitution offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offerings in order not to bring them out to the outer courtyard and transmit holiness to the people.”

21Then he brought me out to the outer courtyard and led me past the four corners of the courtyard. I saw there was a court at each corner of the courtyard—a court in each corner of the courtyard.[#46:21 Many translations omit the repetition of the final words. The double phrase is the equivalent of each and every .]

22In the four corners of the courtyard were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide—the same measurement for each of the four of them.[#46:22 The meaning of this word is uncertain.; #46:22 About 70 feet by 52 feet; #46:22 The last word in the Hebrew text of verse 22 is marked for omission by delete marks written in the Hebrew text. The translation omits this word.]

23A stone structure went all around the inside of all four of the rooms, and hearths for boiling were constructed beneath the structure all the way around.

24Then he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister in the temple are to boil the sacrifices of the people.”

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