Ezekiel 42:13
in Ezekiel 42Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.
KJV
Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
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This verse in Ezekiel 42
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In Lev 10:13 it was prescribed that the priests should eat of the sacrifices in the “holy place.” This was originally before the altar in the inner court - now separate chambers are assigned, and these become “the holy place” for this purpose. Of the “trespass-offering” and “meat-offering” what was not consumed was eaten Lev 7:6, but the “sin-offering” was burned without the camp Eze 43:21. Probably the carcass was brought from the altar to the chamber before being carried out.
This site's exposition
the holy chambers where the priests
on Ezekiel 42:13-14
These are “the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings”. There the priests leave “the garments in which they minister, for these are holy,” and put on other clothes. What serves at the altar stays out of the outer court.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 13, 14.) And he said to me: The treasuries of the North and the treasuries of the South, which are before the separated building, these are the holy treasuries in which the priests who approach the Lord in the Most Holy Place eat. There they shall put the Most Holy Place, and the offering for sin and for guilt. For it is a holy place. But when the priests enter, they shall not go out from the holy place to the outer court, and there they shall put on their garments in which they minister, for they are holy.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then said he unto me,....
There the priests were to deposit the most holy things, those parts of the offerings which fell to their share; and there they were to eat them, they and their families, in a religious manner, for the place is holy; and thus they must make a difference between those feasts upon the sacrifice and other meals.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And as the entrances of the chambers that are toward the way of the south the eastern entrances of the chambers.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
When the priests arrive, etc. Once they enter those chambers to eat.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
32 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלַ֗י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לִֽשְׁכ֨וֹת | lishkhot | [the] rooms of | H3957 → | 47 times |
| הַצָּפ֜וֹן | hatzafon | the north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת | lishkhot | [the] rooms of | H3957 → | 47 times |
| הַדָּרוֹם֮ | hadarom | the south | H1864 → | 17 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [are] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַגִּזְרָה֒ | hagizrah | the separate place | H1508 → | 8 times |
| הֵ֣נָּה׀ | henah | they | H2007 → | 30 times |
| לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת | lishkhot | [are] [the] rooms of | H3957 → | 47 times |
| הַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ | hakodesh | <the> holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֹאכְלוּ־ | yokhelu- | they will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| שָׁ֧ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| קְרוֹבִ֥ים | kerovim | [are] near | H7138 → | 77 times |
| לַֽיהוָ֖ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| קָדְשֵׁ֣י | kadeshei | [the] holy things of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים | hakodashim | the holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| שָׁ֞ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יַנִּ֣יחוּ׀ | yanichu | they will set down | H5117 → | 142 times |
| קָדְשֵׁ֣י | kadeshei | [the] holy things of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים | hakodashim | the holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| וְהַמִּנְחָה֙ | vehaminchah | and the grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וְהַחַטָּ֣את | vehachatat | and the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וְהָאָשָׁ֔ם | vehaasham | and the guilt offering | H817 → | 46 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הַמָּק֖וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| קָדֹֽשׁ׃ | kadosh | [is] holy | H6918 → |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלַ֗יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
לִֽשְׁכ֨וֹת[the] rooms of
lishkhotH3957 →47 times
הַצָּפ֜וֹןthe north
hatzafonH6828 →153 times
לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת[the] rooms of
lishkhotH3957 →47 times
הַדָּרוֹם֮the south
hadaromH1864 →17 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֶל־[are] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פְּנֵ֣י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַגִּזְרָה֒the separate place
hagizrahH1508 →8 times
הֵ֣נָּה׀they
henahH2007 →30 times
לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת[are] [the] rooms of
lishkhotH3957 →47 times
הַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ<the> holiness
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יֹאכְלוּ־they will eat
yokhelu-H398 →810 times
שָׁ֧םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
קְרוֹבִ֥ים[are] near
kerovimH7138 →77 times
לַֽיהוָ֖הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
קָדְשֵׁ֣י[the] holy things of
kadesheiH6944 →469 times
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםthe holy things
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
שָׁ֞םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
יַנִּ֣יחוּ׀they will set down
yanichuH5117 →142 times
קָדְשֵׁ֣י[the] holy things of
kadesheiH6944 →469 times
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗יםthe holy things
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
וְהַמִּנְחָה֙and the grain offering
vehaminchahH4503 →211 times
וְהַחַטָּ֣אתand the sin offering
vehachatatH2403 →295 times
וְהָאָשָׁ֔םand the guilt offering
vehaashamH817 →46 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
הַמָּק֖וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
קָדֹֽשׁ׃[is] holy
kadoshH6918 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 40:46and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 44:15
But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand…
- 1 Kings 2:35
And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
- Ezekiel 43:19
You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the…
- Ezekiel 48:11
It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
- Ezekiel 44:15
Through
Leviticus 14:13Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most…
it leads to
- Leviticus 2:3
The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 7:6–7
Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 1:11
He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.
- Exodus 29:11
And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 2:3
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.