Ezekiel 46:19 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Ezekiel 46:19
After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
entry
בַמָּבוֹא֮va.ma.Vo'
H3996
an entrance (the place or the act) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
side
כֶּ֣תֶףKe.tef
H3802
the shoulder (proper · noun, common feminine singular construct
gate
הַשַּׁעַר֒ha.sha.'Ar
H8179
an opening · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
holy
הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Ko.desh
H6944
a sacred place or thing · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
chambers
הַלִּשְׁכ֤וֹתha.lish.Khot
H3957
a room in a building (whether for storage · definite article + noun, common feminine plural construct
priests
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.Nim
H3548
literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
looked
הַפֹּנ֖וֹתha.po.Not
H6437
to turn · definite article + verb, qal active participle, feminine plural absolute
north
צָפ֑וֹנָהtza.Fo.nah
H6828
properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute + directional suffix
place
מָק֔וֹםma.Kom
H4725
properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sides
בַּיַּרְכָתַ֖יִםbai.yar.kho.tim
H3411
properly · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine dual absolute
westward
יָֽמָּהYa.mah
H3220
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · noun, common masculine singular absolute + directional suffix
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Cross-references
Ezekiel 42:9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
Ezekiel 40:44-46 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect…
Ezekiel 44:4-5 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 46:19–end
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, Eze 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 (Eze 46:19) and others under the rows, in the four corners of the outer court, Eze 46:21-23. 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. It is a pity that holy ground should be w…
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 (Lev 6:25; Lev 7:7), before coming forth to mingle again with the people; another set at the corners of the outer court, for cooking the flesh of the peace offerings, of which the people partook along with the priests. All this implies that no longer are the common and unclean to be confounded with the sacred and divine, but that in even the least things, as eating and drinking, the g…
He brought me thorough the entry - The prophet had entered by the north gate of the court of the priests, where he had seen, a little before, the glory of the Lord, and where he had received all those directions from Eze 44:4, Eze 44:5, to this chapter. From that gate, (see plan Q.) he entered the vestibule by a gate which was by the side of the apartments of the priests, which were along this aisle, (see S.) to the right of the vestibule towards the west. At the extremity of a row of chambers, he remarked, at the west, the place where they boiled the flesh of the sin-offerings, (see T.) They did not boil there the flesh of all sorts of victims, there were other kitchens appointed for that,…
The Church Fathers
(Verse 19 and following) And he led me through the entrance that was on the side (or behind) the gate into the treasuries of the sanctuary, to the priests (or into chambers and rooms) that faced north. And there was a place there that faced west (or the sea: and as the LXX translated, separated). And he said to me: This is the place where the priests boil for the offense and for the sin (or for ignorance and therefore) where they boil the sacrifice (or the manna and the offering) so that they do not carry it out into the outer court, and the people may be sanctified. For in Hebrew, Zeba means a man who holds a reed in his hand and a string of a mason, with which he measures the building. He led me, he says, through the entrance, which was on the side of the gate or behind the gate. He did not specify which gate, whether eastern, southern, or of another direction, but left it uncertain so that I would go to the place of the sanctuary, and to the treasury, or to the chambers of the priests, which faced north and the sea, namely, to the north and west. Holy Scripture has the custom of always calling the sea the west, according to the position of the land of Judaea. And it is to be noted that the place of the priests, where they cook sacrifices for transgressions, or ignorance, and for sins, so that they are not offered raw, is situated in the outer court facing north and west, from where the coldest wind arises and where the light of the sun sets. From this it is evident that whatever pertains to food is either for error or for sin. But if a sacrifice is offered also for ignorance, how much more for the consciousness of a transgression! Hence, Job offered a daily morning sacrifice for his sons, fearing that they had transgressed in ignorance. But what follows, 'So that they do not offer in the outer court, and the people who were not prepared for sanctification may be sanctified,' means that we should not lightly give holy things to those who are not sanctified, nor should we cast pearls before swine, nor give what is holy to dogs, as the Gospel says. Finally, Moses wished the people to be sanctified for three days from all impurity and from the embrace of their wives, so that they might approach Mount Sinai and receive the holy things when they were sanctified. But if they were commanded to be sanctified from their wives in order to approach and receive the…
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Dictionary and topics
Cooking · In the temple — In the temple
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate,.... The north gate of the inner court, where the prophet was last, Ezekiel 44:4, through an entry, by the side of that, he was brought by the man his guide:
into the holy chambers of the priests; see Ezekiel 42:13,
and, behold, there was a place in the two sides westward; or, "on their sides westward" (p); on the west side of the chambers; the Targum is at the west end of them: the use of this place follows,
(p) "in lateribus ejus vel eorum, in extremo", Starckius.
Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 46:19-24
The vision of the Temple proper (chs 40–46) concludes with a return to the point at which the tour began. The prophet began his tour in the outer court, and having traveled to the center and back out again twice, he completed it at the edges of the outer court, in the kitchens where the various sacrifices offered by the people were to be cooked. Some sacrifices were burned whole on the altar, while others were only partially burned, with portions being returned so that the worshiper could feast with his family in the Lord’s presence.
Rashi on Ezekiel 46:19
Now he brought me through the entry by way of the cubit at the corner of the depository of the knives, by which they enter the space of twenty [cubits] that is between the chambers in the north and the cells of the Heichal.
that was on the side of the gate the northern gate; the side of the gate that is west of the gate.
which face northward Which have entrances to the side of the Outer Court to the north; and they had entrances to the space of twenty [cubits].
at the end toward the west at the end of the chambers to the west.
