King James Version
What Does Ezekiel 46:24 Mean?
“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.”
Context
22
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
23
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.
24
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(24) **Ministers of the house.—**Not priests, but Temple servants, who were usually Levites.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
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Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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