King James Version
Ezekiel 46:24 in the King James Version says “Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.”
Ezekiel 46:24 · KJV
In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure. joined: or, made with chimneys corners were: Heb. cornered, etc
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.
Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“he unto me These are the places”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of them that boil”
H1310properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“of them that boil”
H1310properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
“where the ministers”
H8334to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
“he unto me These are the places”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the sacrifice”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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