Ezekiel 46:23
in Ezekiel 46Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And there was a wall round about in them, round about the four, and boiling-places were made under the walls round about.
KJV
And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.
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This verse in Ezekiel 46
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verses 23-24) And kitchens were built underneath the colonnades around (or near) the dining areas, which Aquila interpreted as recesses, Symmachus as enclosures, and Theodotion put the Hebrew word Turoth itself. And he said, 'This is the house of the kitchens, where the ministers of the house cook the sacrifices of the people.' Those four small courtyards or one wall surrounded, and kitchens were built underneath the colonnades all around, or they had nearby alcoves, so that where there is food, there is also the preparation of measures.
This site's exposition
caused me to pass by the four corners of the court
on Ezekiel 46:21-24
The tour moves to the outer court's four corners, each holding a smaller court of its own, forty cubits by thirty, walled and fitted with rows of boiling places beneath them. The guide names their use plainly, the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people. The chapter that began with the prince's own gate closes with the ordinary worshipper's own kitchens, the whole court equipped from the top of the hierarchy to the bottom for the sacrifices it exists to receive.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
We may observe, in these verses, I. That the place of worship was fixed, and rules were given concerning that, both to prince and people. The east gate, which was kept shut at other times, was to be opened on the sabbath days, on the moons (
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And there was a row of building round about in them,....
These were the places where, it is likely, there was most room to spare for this purpose; and this purpose was found for the spare room, that none might be lost.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
It was made with boiling places - These were uncovered apartments, where they kept fires for dressing those parts of the peace-offerings, which were made in the temple by individuals through a principle of devotion. On these their families and their friends feasted; and portions were sent to the poor, the widows, and the orphans. And thus the spirit of devotion was the means of preserving the spirit of mercy, charity, and benevolence in the land. How true is that word, “Godliness is profitable for all things.”
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Due regard is to be had for the sanctity of the officiating priests' 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 offerings, to be eaten only by the priests whose perquisite it was (Le 6:25;
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The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְט֨וּר | vetur | and a row of stones | H2905 → | |
| סָבִ֥יב | saviv | [was] all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| בָּהֶ֛ם | bahem | in them | ||
| סָבִ֖יב | saviv | around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ם | learba'tam | to [the] four of them | H702 → | 318 times |
| וּמְבַשְּׁל֣וֹת | umevashelot | and boiling places | H4018 → | |
| עָשׂ֔וּי | ʾasui | [was] made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִתַּ֥חַת | mitachat | <from> under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הַטִּיר֖וֹת | hatirot | the rows of stones | H2918 → | |
| סָבִֽיב׃ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
וְט֨וּרand a row of stones
veturH2905 →
סָבִ֥יב[was] all around
savivH5439 →336 times
בָּהֶ֛םin them
bahem
סָבִ֖יבaround
savivH5439 →336 times
לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑םto [the] four of them
learba'tamH702 →318 times
וּמְבַשְּׁל֣וֹתand boiling places
umevashelotH4018 →
עָשׂ֔וּי[was] made
ʾasuiH6213 →2628 times
מִתַּ֥חַת<from> under
mitachatH8478 →505 times
הַטִּיר֖וֹתthe rows of stones
hatirotH2918 →
סָבִֽיב׃all around
savivH5439 →336 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.