Ezekiel 46:22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 46:19-24

We have here a further discovery of buildings about the temple, which we did not observe before, and those were places to boil the flesh of the offerings in, Ezek. 46:20. He that kept such a plentiful table at his altar needed large kitchens; and a wise builder will provide conveniences of that kind. Observe, 1. Where those boiling-places were situated. There were some at the entry into the inner court (Ezek. 46:19) and others under the rows, in the four corners of the outer court, Ezek.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 46:22

In the four corners of the court there were courts joined ,.... To the side walls of the outward court, which met in right angles: or, "were made with chimneys" F18 חצרות קטרות "atria caminata", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Cocceius; "fumosa", Tigurine version, Castalio; "fumigata", Starckius. , as some render it; that the smoke of the fire of the kitchens in them, and the steam of the boiled flesh, might ascend through them. So the Jewish writers, as Jarchi and Kimchi, from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 46:1-24

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 46:19-24

The sacrificial kitchens for the priests and for the people. This passage has been transferred by Ewald to Ezekiel 42:1-20 ; and inserted after Ezekiel 42:14 ; but the Exposition will show it must have originally stood where it is. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 46:21-22

The prophet next observed, as his guide led him round the outer area, that in every corner of the court there was a court —literally, a court in a corner of the court , a court in a corner of the court—and hat these were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad . The word "joined" קְטֻרוֹת ) has been variously translated: by Gesenins (see 'Hebrews Lex.,' sub voce ), as "vaulted" or "roofed," with which Hitzig seems to agree; by the LXX ; whom Bottcher and Ewald... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 46:19-24

The careful provision here made to keep separate the offerings of priests and people was to prevent collision, just as the enactments Ezekiel 46:16-18 were intended to secure their respective rights to prince and people.Ezekiel 46:19At the side of the gate - The entrance to the inner court at the same side as the northern gate Ezekiel 42:9.Ezekiel 46:20See M Plan II.Boil - It was unique to the Paschal lamb, that it was to be eaten roasted. The flesh of the other sacrifices was to be “sodden” or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 46:21-24

Ezekiel 46:21-24. Behold, in every corner of the court there was a court At every corner, where the side walls met in right angles, there was another little court. There were courts joined of forty cubits long, &c. These little courts were in the shape of an oblong square, joined with inner walls to the outside walls of the greater court. The marginal reading, made with chimneys, gives a sense which very well agrees with the uses for which the courts were designed. There was a row... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 46:16-24

More about the land and the temple (46:16-24)If the king marked off a piece of his land and gave it to one of his sons, it remained the permanent property of the son. But if he made a similar gift to one of his servants, the land returned to the king at the year of jubilee. (Concerning the year of jubilee see Leviticus 25:8-34.) This ensured that the royal family retained possession of its land, and that the king was not tempted to seize other people’s land to compensate for what he gave away... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 46:22

courts joined = courts covered over, or closed courts, cloisters. corners. Hebrew. m hukzaoth , This hybrid word has the extraordinary points ( App-31 ) or dots on the top, denoting that it does not properly belong to the primitive text. It is omitted in Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. The clause should therefore read: "these four were of the some measure" (see Ginsburg's Introduction, pp. 382-3). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 46:22

Ezekiel 46:22. In the four corners, &c.— These little courts were in the shape of an oblong square, joined with inner walls to the outside walls of the court. The Hebrew word, קטרות keturoth, translated joined, may be rendered made with chimneys; which sense agrees with the uses for which these courts were designed. See Calmet. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The rules here prescribed for the place and manner of God's worship, like the preceding solemnities, differ far from those prescribed by the law of... read more

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