Ezekiel 46:20

And he said to me, This is the place where the offering for error and the sin-offering are to be cooked in water by the priests, and where the meal offering is to be cooked in the oven; so that they may not be taken out into the outer square to make the people holy.

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In The King James Version

Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

In Context

19And he took me through by the way in at the side of the doorway into the holy rooms which are the priests', looking to the north: and I saw a place at the side of them to the west.

21And he took me out into the outer square and made me go by the four angles of the square; and I saw that in every angle of the open square there was a space shut in.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:31Then take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place.

Leviticus 2:3And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings.

Leviticus 2:10And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings.

1 Samuel 2:13And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;

Ezekiel 44:19And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.

Ezekiel 46:24And he said to me, These are the boiling-rooms, where the offering of the people is cooked by the servants of the house.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 46:20-24

Buildings about the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 19 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. 20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. 21 Then he brought me forth into the… Read the whole commentary →

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