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.
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
These boiling places are where the Levites, the ministers of the house, prepare the people's peace offerings, those sacrifices typical of the peace and reconciliation made by Christ and held forth in the ministry of the word, which is itself the word of reconciliation.
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The boilers sit at the foot of the walls in the lowest part, where the rows stand. Through God's dwelling with Israel in holy fellowship, His blessing flows out with comprehensive reach to the whole world, healing even the desert places of the earth by the waters of the Gospel.
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