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.
The Lord keeps a plentiful table, so He needs large kitchens; wise builders provide what serves His purposes, and waste ground is a pity on holy land. The priests must boil the most sacred offerings in these courts away from the people, lest ignorant folk imagine that touching holy flesh makes them acceptable to God, ministers must guard against bolstering superstition.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 46:19-24
Then said he unto me,.... Declaring what this place was, and what it was for: this is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering, and the sin offering; this was the priests' kitchen, in which they prepared the sacrifices that were to be eaten; and which were typical of Christ, who was made sin, and became a sacrifice for the sins of...
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...