Ezekiel 46:20

After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. HE BROUGHT ME ... INTO THE HOLY CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS, WHICH LOOKED TOWARD THE NORTH: AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A PLACE ON THE TWO SIDES WESTWARD. DUE REGARD IS TO BE HAD FOR THE SANCTITY OF THE OFFICIATING PRIEST'S FOOD, BY COOKING COURTS BEING PROVIDED CLOSE TO THEIR CHAMBERS. ONE SET OF APARTMENTS FOR COOKING WAS TO BE AT THE CORNERS OF THE INNER COURT, RESERVED FOR THE FLESH OF THE SIN OFFERED, TO BE EATEN ONLY BY THE PRIESTS, WHOSE PERQUISITE IT WAS ( Leviticus 6:25 _ ; Leviticus 7:7_ ), before coming forth to mingle again with the people; another set of apartments was to b

Verse Ezekiel 46:20. _THE TRESPASS-OFFERING_] Part of this, and of the sin-offering, and the flour-offering was the portion of the priests. See Numbers 18:9-4....

The careful provision here made to keep separate the offerings of priests and people was to prevent collision, just as the enactments Ezekiel 46:16 were intended to secure their respective rights to prince and people. Ezekiel 46:19 AT THE SIDE OF THE GATE - The entrance to the inner court at the same side as the northern gate Ezekiel 42:9. Ezekiel 46:20 See M Plan II. BOIL - It was unique to the Paschal lamb, that it was to be eaten roasted. The flesh of the other sacrifi

EXPOSITION This chapter fails into three divisions. The first (Ezekiel 46:1) gives supplementary directions for the prince and the people of the land when engaged in solemn acts of worship; the second (Ezekiel 46:16) furnishes the prince with instructions as to how he may dispose of his portion or inheritance; the third (Ezekiel 46:19) adds particulars about the sacrificial kitchens for the priests and for the people. EZEKIEL 46:1 The supplementary directions contained in these verses relate to the worship of the prince and the people on the sabbaths and the new moons ...

THEN SAID HE UNTO ME,.... Declaring what this place was, and what it was for: THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THE PRIESTS SHALL BOIL THE TRESPASS OFFERING, AND THE SIN OFFERING; this was the priests' kitchen, in which they prepared the sacrifices that were to be eaten; and which were typical of Christ, who was made sin, and became a sacrifice for the sins of his people, whether presumptuous ones, or sins of ignorance; the doctrine of whose sacrifice and satisfaction is a principal part of the Gospel ministry; and which should be delivered, not in a raw, crude, and indigested manner; but the Scriptures should be diligently searched into, to get a clear and distinct understanding of it; and these should be constantly meditated on, and thoroughly studied: ministers should examine their doctrine by the word of God before they deliver it; and take heed unto it that it is right, according to the orac...

CHAPTER 46 _ 1. The worship of the prince (Ezekiel 46:1) _ 2. Further instruction as to worship (Ezekiel 46:9) 3. Concerning the prince, his sons and his servants (Ezekiel 46:16) 4. A final description of places in the temple (Ezekiel 46:19)...

KITCHENS FOR PRIESTS AND PEOPLE. To preserve the distinction between the less and the more holy there were two sets of kitchens for the boiling and baking of the sacrificial offerings for the priests, at the north-west and south-west corners of the inner court, and for the people at the four corners of the outer court. (This section would appropriately follow Ezekiel 42:14. In Ezekiel 46:22, for inclosed read, with LXX, small.)...

TO SANCTIFY THE PEOPLE. Compare Ezekiel 44:19....

Ezekiel 45:18 to Ezekiel 46:24. The offerings to be made at the feasts and other appointed seasons (1) Ezekiel 45:18-25. Offerings at the feasts. (2) Ezekiel 46:1-11. Offerings for the sabbaths and new moons. (3) Ezekiel 45:12. Voluntary offerings of the prince. (4) Ezekiel 45:13. The daily burnt-offering. (5) Ezekiel 45:16. Case

7. _Preparing the sacrificial meals (46:19-24_) TRANSLATION (19) Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward. (20) And he said unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass-offering and the sin-offering, and where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people. (21) Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. (22) In the four corners of the court there were courts inclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad; these four in the corners were of one measure. (23) And there was a wall round about in them, round about the four, and...