Ezekiel 46
ZerrCBCEzekiel 46 WORSHIP MORE Ezekiel 46:1-7 Sabbath Offerings (Ezekiel 46:1-5): Thus says the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. (Ezekiel 46:2) The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt- offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. (Ezekiel 46:3) The people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before the LORD on the sabbaths and on the new moons. (Ezekiel 46:4) The burnt- offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish. (Ezekiel 46:5) The meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. On Sabbath and new moon (first day of the month) the eastern gate of the inner court was to be opened (Ezekiel 46:1). On these occasions the prince was allowed to enter the eastern gate. He was the official representative of the people who presented to the priests the sacrifices that were to be offered on behalf of the nation. From his vantage point at the post of the gate (i.e., the western end of the gateway), he worshiped as the priests offered his sacrifices within his view upon the altar. Even after he departed from the temple, the inner gate was to be left open until evening (Ezekiel 46:2).
Clearly Ezekiel envisioned a ruler in his Zion-to-be. He prefers to call him a prince (nasi’), rather than a king (melek), probably to hint that he is a ruler of a different kind.
His leadership is ratified by the people he rules (cf. 1 Samuel 10). The prince has no palace. The only building associated with him in these chapters is the temple. He devotes himself entirely to the worship of his people. In fact, he joins his people in their worship. “In effect, the prince acts as a high priest, an official that does not appear elsewhere in Ezekiel’s portrayal of messianic worship.” The coming of the prince causes the gate to be opened for his subjects to worship from without. The people are allowed to come to the door of that inner gate. They worshiped behind the prince. Through the open gate they could observe the priests preparing the sacrifices provided by the prince.
Here again the prince appears as the leader in worship (Ezekiel 46:3). The offerings prescribed for Sabbath and new moon of the new temple age do not correspond with those prescribed in the law of Moses (cf. Numbers 28:9; Numbers 28:11-15). The prince is to offer each Sabbath six lambs and a ram (Ezekiel 46:4), an ephah of meal with the ram, an unspecified amount of meal for each lamb, and at least a hin of oil (Ezekiel 46:5). New Moon Offerings (Ezekiel 46:6-7): On the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs and a ram; they shall be without blemish: (Ezekiel 46:7) and he shall prepare a mealoffering, an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah. On the new moon, the prince is to offer the regular Sabbath offerings, but add to them an unblemished bullock and another ephah of meal (Ezekiel 46:6-7).WORSHIP Ezekiel 46:8-24 In this unit, Ezekiel learns the regulations that govern the more sanctified worship of the messianic era. He is instructed regarding (1) the entrance and exit of the worshipers (Ezekiel 46:8-10); (2) the offerings of the prince on behalf of the people (Ezekiel 46:11-15); (3) the inheritance of the prince (Ezekiel 46:16-18); and (4) the preparation of the sacrificial meals (Ezekiel 46:19-24). Movement of Worshipers (Ezekiel 46:8-10) Movement of the prince (Ezekiel 46:8): When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. The prince is accorded honor in that he alone is permitted to enter and leave by the same route on weekly and monthly worship occasions. On the Sabbath and new moon the prince enters by the porch of the (inner) eastern gateway and leaves by the same way.
Movement of the people (Ezekiel 46:9): But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the appointed feasts, he that enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that enters by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth straight before him. The outer eastern gate is not open, and there is no western gate. In the appointed seasons (Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles), the worshipers are required to enter the outer court by one of the side gates and leave by the gate on the opposite side. This made for orderly flow of traffic across the inner court. It also symbolized that those who truly worship God should leave the experience a new person. The prince and his people (Ezekiel 46:10): The prince, when they go in, shall go in the midst of them; and when they go forth, they shall go forth together. During the great annual feasts, the prince was to enter the temple when the people did. The prince joins with his people in their worship. The law of attendance of the prince suggests that worshipers should approach God in worship only with and in and through their great mediator, Christ Jesus. When they go forth, they shall go forth together. Whether at worship, work or recreation, the prince is in the midst of his people. Prince’s Offering (Ezekiel 46:11-15) At stipulated occasions (Ezekiel 46:11): In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal-offering shall be an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give and a hin of oil to an ephah. On all feasts (e.g., Pentecost) and solemnities, i.e., appointed seasons (e.g., New Years, Day of Atonement) the prince had the obligation to provide meal offerings as well as animals for sacrifice. He was required to offer an ephah of meal for each bullock or ram. For each lamb he would make a voluntary contribution of meal. Each ephah of meal was to be accompanied by a hin of oil.
On special occasions (Ezekiel 46:12): When the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto the LORD, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he does on the Sabbath: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth the gate shall be shut. If the prince should desire to offer a free-will offering on a weekday, the eastern gate of the inner court was opened for him. Apparently that too was a special privilege that was his alone. Upon his departure, the gate was to be closed again. Only on Sabbath days was the eastern gate left open all day so that worshipers might view the sacrificial ritual (Ezekiel 46:12). Clearly the prince surpasses all his people in liberality.
He sets for them a princely example. His position as prince affords him special access to God. He practices personal worship seasons above and beyond the stated times of public worship.
Daily offering (Ezekiel 46:13-15): You shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt- offering unto the LORD daily: morning by morning you shall prepare it. (Ezekiel 46:14) You shall prepare a meal-offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal-offering unto the LORD continually by a perpetual ordinance. (Ezekiel 46:15) Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal-offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt-offering. Every day sacrifices were to be offered by the priests upon the great temple altar. A lamb was to be offered and a meal-offering as well (Ezekiel 46:13-15). No mention is made here of an evening offering (cf. Numbers 28:4 f.).
Prince’s Inheritance (Ezekiel 46:16-18): Having spoken of the offerings that a prince might give to God, a pronouncement is made about gifts that the prince might make to others. There are three regulations, introduced by Thus says the Lord.
- A gift to a son (Ezekiel 46:16): Thus says the Lord GOD: If the prince gives a gift unto any of his sons; it is his inheritance. It shall belong to his sons. It is their possession by inheritance. A gift of property given by the prince to his sons was to be regarded as a possession by inheritance in perpetuity. It did not revert to the prince under any circumstances.
- A gift to a servant (Ezekiel 46:17): But if he gives of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons. Royal property given to a servant was to be regarded as a temporary loan. It reverted back to the prince in the year of liberty (Jubilee year) that occurred every fiftieth year.3. A gift from his own possessions (Ezekiel 46:18): Moreover, the prince shall not take of the people’ s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. The prince in all cases must make his land grants out of his own, not out of his subjects’ possessions.
He was to respect the property rights of his subjects. Confiscations of property by the crown, as in the case of Naboth’ s vineyard (1 Kings 21), would be a thing of the past. Ezekiel did not want a repeat of pre-exilic seizure of property by the crown. Sacrificial Meals(Ezekiel 46:19-24) Inner kitchen (Ezekiel 46:19-20): 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. (Ezekiel 46:20) 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. Ezekiel’ s conducted tour of the temple resumes in these verses. He was taken by his angelic guide into the priests’ chambers that ran parallel to the temple on the north and south. This block of chambers faced north. He was led to the extreme western end of this structure (Ezekiel 46:19). There Ezekiel was shown a special chamber.
In this chamber the priests were to boil the meat of the guilt-offering and sin-offering, and bake the meal of the meal-offering. These meats and cakes were only be eaten by the priests. They were to exercise care not to accidentally carry these sanctified foods into the outer court where they might communicate holiness to the people (Ezekiel 46:20; Ezekiel 44:19). Outer kitchens (Ezekiel 46:21-24): 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. (Ezekiel 46:22) In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad; these four in the corners were of one measure. (Ezekiel 46:23) And there was a wall round about in them, round about the four, and boiling-places were made under the walls round about. (Ezekiel 46:24) Then said he unto me, These are the boiling-houses, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people. The angel next brought Ezekiel to the outer court. He observed in each of the four corners of this court enclosures or small courts (Ezekiel 46:21). Each of these courts was forty by thirty cubits. The courts are said to be qturot, which the King James Version renders enclosed. Some rabbis thought the word meant “ uncovered,” i.e., the corner structures were roofless to allow the smoke to freely ascend (Ezekiel 46:22). These small courts are called boiling places, i.e., fire places where large boiling pots could be placed (Ezekiel 46:23). The ministers of the house— the Levites— boiled the people’ s sacrifices for them (Ezekiel 46:24). This part of the sacrificial animal was eaten by the worshipers in a communal meal in the temple courtyards. Ezekiel Chapter Forty-Six Verse 1
This chapter gives instructions for worship on the day of the new moon, and on the sabbath, and the gate by which the prince (or king) would be required to enter the temple. If one entered by the north gate he was required to exit by the south gate; and if he entered by the south gate, he was required to exit by the north gate. Also the king would be required to enter with the people and also to leave when they left. There are also directions for the king’s offering of a voluntary burnt-offering or peace-offering. Regulations For Special Offerings As we come to this chapter that deals with the sanctuary itself and the offerings which the prophet saw in vision as re-established, we note the special place given to the day of the new moon and the Sabbath. “ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering, and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. And the people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before Jehovah on the sabbaths and on the new moons. And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto Jehovah shall be on the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; and the meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a bin of oil to an ephah. And on the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish: and he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah. And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof” -Ezekiel 46:1-8. The fact that so much stress is laid upon the special observance of the Sabbath day shows the very distinctive Jewish character of the entire vision. It is not a picture of Christianity, except in the sense that the temple of old and also the temple seen in vision typify, in measure at least, God’ s present temple composed of all those who have been builded by the Spirit into the house of God. For us the Sabbath is found in our blessed Lord Himself who is the fulfilment of that typical day as well as of all else in the Old Testament economy. But it is very evident from this and other scriptures that when the church period has come to an end and God will take up Israel again, the Sabbath of the law will once more be observed, and so we have it set before us here as an appointed day when special offerings are to be presented before God. We need have no difficulty here in regard to the possible literalness of these offerings, but as we have seen already they all speak of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the presentation of them before God on the Sabbath day would indicate the deep appreciation which the people of God in the coming kingdom age will have of the Person and work of Him who is our Saviour now, and will be recognized as their Saviour then. It is noticeable that there was to be no undue compulsion in regard to the offerings; they are to be presented voluntarily before the Lord, each one as he is able to give. The day of the new moon is specially emphasized because it indicates from month to month a new beginning, even as the Sabbath sets forth a weekly ending; and each return of the moon speaks anew of the goodness of God to His people in watching over them through another month and pledging His grace for the month to come. “ But when the people of the land shall come before Jehovah in the appointed feasts, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth straight before him. And the prince, when they go in, shall go in in the midst of them; and when they go forth, they shall go forth together. And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meal-offering shall be an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a bin of oil to an ephah. And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate” -Ezekiel 46:9-12. We are impressed as we read these words of the happy relationship that will exist between the prince and the people. While special recognition is given to the prince because of his office, yet all stand on one common ground before God and in His sanctuary; there is no room for worldly honors or human pride. All stand together upon redemption ground, the only basis of acceptance with God; and of this the sacrifices and offerings all speak. There may be something suggestive here too in the instruction given as to entering in at one gate and passing on through the court and leaving by another portal. May not this speak to everyone of us, reminding us that we shall never pass over the same route again? We cannot retrace our steps as we go through this scene. It should be our happy privilege to go on with God from glory to glory as led by His Spirit. There may be very much here that a more spiritual mind would enter into, but I hesitate to try to apply types beyond their clear, evident meaning. “ And thou shalt prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah daily: morning by morning shalt thou prepare it. And thou shalt prepare a meal-offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal-offering unto Jehovah continually by a perpetual ordinance. Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal-offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt-offering” -Ezekiel 46:13-15. Of old in the tabernacle service and also in that connected with the temple of Solomon, the burnt offering was present before God both morning and evening. Here we are told, “ Thou shalt prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah daily: morning by morning shalt thou prepare it.” There is no mention of the evening offering besides, because everything here is connected with the glorious day when the Lord Himself will be the light of His people and the morning of gladness will not be succeeded by an evening of sorrow or distress. How precious it is even now for those of us who know the Lord, to wait upon Him morning by morning, presenting a continual burnt offering before God as we meditate upon the preciousness and the effective work of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is of this indeed that the burnt offering really speaks. With it the meal offering was connected, and that, as we know, speaks of the perfection of Christ’ s Person rather than emphasizing the work which He accomplished on the cross. It is the incarnate Christ-God and Man in one Person- that is represented by the meal offering of fine flour mingled with oil, never to be separated again. “ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons. Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’ s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that My people be not scattered every man from his possession” -Ezekiel 46:16-18. In the coming great day of Israel’ s restoration they will enter fully into the meaning of the year of Jubilee, the year of liberty. All down through the centuries, had these Jubilees been properly observed, they would have been a constant reminder that God has in view both for Israel and the world something far better than they have ever known. A time is coming when liberty will be proclaimed to the captives, and the house of Israel shall return to their own possessions and enter fully into the enjoyment of them, never to be separated from them any more. The ancient law of the Jubilee, it seems, will prevail in millennial days: thus the family of Israel will not forfeit their lands, and the strangers will be permitted to enjoy, at least for a season, a portion with them; but God said of the land of Palestine, “ The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is Mine” (Leviticus 25:2). He has given it by covenant to Abraham’ s literal seed so that no future arrangement will be permitted that will alienate it from them, however much others may be permitted to enjoy it with Israel. “ 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. 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. 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. 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. And there was a wall round about in them, round about the four, and boiling-places were made under the walls round about. Then said he unto me, These are the boiling-houses, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people” -Ezekiel 46:19-24. Ezekiel saw in the vision adequate provision made for the nourishment of the priests. In the book of Exodus (Exodus 29:33) we read, “ They shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made.” The priests dwelling in the courts of the Lord’ s house, feasting upon the burnt offerings and the meal offerings, speak to us of God’ s family today who are privileged to feed their souls on what God has revealed concerning His Son and the work of the cross. And so in that coming day the priests of Jehovah will enter in a way they have never done in the past into the meaning of all these sacrifices; and in the quiet precincts of the chambers of the priests, shut away from the observance of the multitude, they will prepare their food and enjoy it in the presence of the Lord. How good it would be if we only knew more of this today-dwelling quietly in the secret place where the eye of God alone is upon us as we meditate upon what Scripture reveals concerning the Deity and Humanity of our Lord Jesus, His eternal fellowship, and His perfection as Man here on earth, His obedience unto death, and the effect of His work both as to the glorifying of the Father and the salvation of those who put their trust in Him! Here is rich food indeed on which we do well to nourish our souls that we may become strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
Ezekiel 46:1
Ezekiel 46:1. A gate could be shut and not be fastened, and there is nothing said about that subject. However, the fact of its being opened on the sabbath indicates that the Lord’s business was going on.
Ezekiel 46:2
Ezekiel 46:2. Sometimes the prince may be also the priest since the word has a general meaning. But both names are used in this place which leaves the first to mean a ruler or other outstanding man among the Jews. He will be required to make offerings for the Lord’s service and the priest will be the one to preside at the altar.
Ezekiel 46:3
Ezekiel 46:3. The people means the unofficial Jews of the nation, and they were all required to contribute to the Lord’s work. These offerings were to he made at the entrance of the gate and not in their private homes. Not all sabbaths were the days of the new moons, but every new moon marked the day as a sabbath, according to Numbers 28:11; 1 Samuel 20:5; 1 Samuel 20:18; 1 Samuel 20:24; 1 Samuel 20:27).
Ezekiel 46:4
Ezekiel 46:4. The details of the burnt offerings are given in Leviticus 1. All the animals for the sacrificial altar must be perfect and the best of the herd or flock.
Ezekiel 46:5
Ezekiel 46:5. The meat (meal) offering was offered in connection with the animal sacrifice. Thig vegetable offering was accompanied with a small amount of olive oil.
Ezekiel 46:6
Ezekiel 46:6. The day of the new moon was the beginning of the month and was a holy or sabbath day. Like other Special days, it was celebrated by offering animal sacrifices.
Ezekiel 46:7
Ezekiel 46:7. According as his hand shall attain means that a man was required to give according to hia ability. Whether many or few, ail animals must be without blemish and be offered with a small amount of olive oil as in verse 5.
Ezekiel 46:8
Ezekiel 46:8. The Lord was particular about some apparently incidental mat¬ters. The prince was told by what gate he should enter and leave the building.
Ezekiel 46:9
Ezekiel 46:9. This “ one way” require¬ment is another one of the unusual regulations imposed by the Lord. We are able at least to realize that much confusion would be avoided by not trying to reverse one’s direction in the midst of so many coming and going.
Ezekiel 46:10
Ezekiel 46:10. The prince was to become one of the crowd generally speaking, but that was not to interfere with his own personal activities as stated in verse 1 and 2.
Ezekiel 46:11
Ezekiel 46:11. This small amount of grain (meat offering) was added to the animal.
Ezekiel 46:12
Ezekiel 46:12. The law made a distinction between freewill or voluntary offerings and those specifically required. (See Leviticus 22:23; Numbers 15:3.) But the distinction did not exempt the worshiper from all restrictions as may be seen in this verse.
Ezekiel 46:13
Ezekiel 46:13. This verse refers to the well known “ daily sacrifice" that was a prominent ordinance in the law of Moses (Exodus 29:38-42),
Ezekiel 46:14
Ezekiel 46:14. This meat offering means the same as in other places which was a small amount of meal or ground grain. Perpetual ordinance means it was to be a continuous practice as long as the nation had an existence.
Ezekiel 46:15
Ezekiel 46:15. Continual burnt offering means the same as “ perpetual ordinance.”
Ezekiel 46:16
Ezekiel 46:16, The main point in this verse is that a gift of real estate from a prince to his son was to be permanent. That is, no circumstance was to alter that gift so as to turn it back to the prince.
Ezekiel 46:17
Ezekiel 46:17. The year of liberty was the same as the jibile described in Leviticus 25. In that year certain readjustments were made in the relations of property and also of servants, and that is what is meant by this verse.
Ezekiel 46:18
Ezekiel 46:18. The prince did not have the right to use his position in a special favor to even his own sons. He could not cut off even them from the enjoyment of their inheritance no matter how much reason he would think he had so to do. Being restricted from such an act as to his sons, the temptation would be to defraud the people not related to him of their possessions so as to give them to his sons, and this verse is a law against such an injustice. That my people be not scattered states one of the Lord’s motives for the regulations just described. If the people were assured of the uninterrupted possession of their property, they would not be induced to scatter out to find houses and lands.
Ezekiel 46:19
Ezekiel 46:19. Having revealed to Ezekiel the foregoing laws and ordinances for observance by Israel in the future, the man brought him through the entry of the side gate. The purpose of this movement was to show the prophet the spot where some of the ordinances that he had been hearing were to be carried out.
Ezekiel 46:20
Ezekiel 46:20. Some of the sacrificial offerings were boiled and others were baked or roasted in an oven. The parts that were to be consumed by fire were offered on the altar. Hence there were different places used in the preparation and use of the materials furnished by the people and turned over to the prince or priest. It will give the reader some light on this subject. If he will examine carefully the first 5 chapters of Leviticus, also some verses in the 6th and 7th chapters of that book.
Ezekiel 46:21
Ezekiel 46:21. Court is a rather indefinite word whose general meaning is any space enclosed by a fence or wall or otherwise marked off from the surrounding area, hence in this verse we read of courts within a court. Moffatt renders this, “ at the four comers of the court there were four small courts."
Ezekiel 46:22
Ezekiel 46:22. This verse refers to the same smaller courts referred to in the preceding verse and adds some information about their size and other arrangement. Each of the courts was 40 by 30 cubits in size. Joined la rendered “ bound to” by Young which is a reasonable translation, as we know they were near the main wall of the larger court.
Ezekiel 46:23
Ezekiel 46:23. There ts no separate original word for building, but row is from tuwr which Strong defines, “ to arrange in a regular manner," Made with boiling places under the rows means the arrangement in the definition of row had provision made at the bottom far boiling the flesh of the sacrificial offerings.
Ezekiel 46:24
Ezekiel 46:24. By way of explanation the “ man” told Ezekiel the above named “rows” were the places (fireplaces) where the ministers were to boil the sacrificial offerings that were brought by the people.