Then he brought me forth into the utter 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.A court — A smaller court made up on the outer sides with the walls of the greater square, and on the inside made with two walls, the one forty cubits long, the other thirty cubits broad. read more
19-24. The kitchens of the priests are now described. “Then he brought me through the entry,… and behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward” (R.V.). See L in chart facing page 209. The kitchens where the priests prepared their own meals from the sacrificial offerings (Ezekiel 44:29) were at the west ends of the inner court. Nothing was allowed to pass from this inner court to the outer, for ceremonial and practical reasons. (See note Ezekiel 44:11-19.) In the “outer court”... read more
Get Bible verse every day in your inbox
Read on Mobile
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 46:22
court: These court in the corners of the outer court, or court of the people, appear to have been a kind of uncovered apartments, surrounded with little chambers for the cooks, and used for dressing the peace offerings of the people. On these their families and friends feasted; and portions were sent to the poor, the widow, and the orphan; and thus the spirit of devotion preserved the spirit of mercy, charity, and benevolence, in the land. joined: or, made with chimneys corners: Heb.... read more