Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 46:20
Then said he unto me, This [is] the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear [them] not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.
Verse 20. The trespass-offering] Part of this, and of the sin-offering, and the flour-offering was the portion of the priests. See Nu 18:9-10.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Where the priests shall boil the trespass-offering; those that were brought sacrifices for sin were in part for the sacrificing priest, and he was to eat thereof; but it was to be dressed in the verge of holy ground, and so kitchens, boilers, ovens, and other utensils were prepared to do it, and these kitchens are here described,
That they bear them not; the priests, or the attending Levites.
Into the utter court, where the people were, and many times in great numbers, that this holy flesh must needs be very near many of them, if it were carried out.
To sanctify the people: see Eze 44:19.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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 his people, whether presumptuous ones, or sins of ignorance; the doctrine of whose sacrifice and satisfaction is a principal part of the Gospel ministry; and which should be delivered, not in a raw, crude, and indigested manner; but the Scriptures should be diligently searched into, to get a clear and distinct understanding of it; and these should be constantly meditated on, and thoroughly studied: ministers should examine their doctrine by the word of God before they deliver it; and take heed unto it that it is right, according to the oracles of God, and the proportion of faith; and take care to deliver it in the best manner, not in a cold lukewarm way, but with fervency of spirit; all which may be meant by the boiling of these sacrifices; it seems to design the laborious and diligent employ of Gospel ministers in their studies, preparatory to their public work in the house of God; and suggests that they should not come thither unprepared, and deliver out unpremeditated matter; or set before the Lord’s people undigested food; or offer that in the sanctuary of the Lord which cost them no pains or trouble: this place, and so the boiling places in Eze 46:24, are to be understood of the closets, studies, and places of retirement, where the ministers of the word employ their time and thoughts in preparing for their public ministry; for these were without the sanctuary, on the side of the priests’ chambers, and in the corners of the outward court:
where they shall bake the meat offering; or “bread offering” q; made of fine flour and oil; typical of Christ the bread of God, the food of believers, who is set forth as such to them in the ministry of the Gospel: the baking of this signifies the same as the boiling of the other before; see Le 2:1:
that they bear them not out in the utter court, to sanctify the people; that they might not be carried through the outer court, where the common people were; lest they should think it was lawful for them to eat of them as Kimchi observes, when they belonged to the priests only; or lest they should touch them, and become holy thereby, and so for the future be employed in sacred service, and obliged to quit the duties of their calling, which would, introduce confusion in the commonwealth; see Hag 2:12, the Targum is,
“lest they be mixed with the people.”
The design seems to be to show, that the doctrine of peace, pardon, atonement, and satisfaction for sin, is only to be preached as belonging to such that truly repent of sin, and believe in Christ; and particularly that the ordinance of the Lord’s supper, in which the sacrifice of Christ is held forth and commemorated, is to be administered, not to men in common, but to holy and regenerate persons; to do otherwise would be to cast pearls before swine, and give that which is holy to dogs.
q , “the minchah.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(20) Shall boil . . . shall bake.The flesh of all sacrifices except the Passover was by the law required to be boiled, and the unbloody meat offering, when not already cooked, was to be baked.
Bear them not out into the utter court.In one sense the priestly chambers and also these cooking rooms were themselves in the outer court; but as already remarked, these, with the walk that led to them, although within the enclosure of the outer, were considered as appurtenances of, and therefore belonging to, the inner court. The reason given for not bearing the flesh of the sin and trespass offering into the outer court is, lest they should thereby sanctify the people, and the same reason is given in Eze. 44:19 for not allowing the priests garments to come into the outer court. Under the law all those offerings which it was the duty of the priests to consume are called most holy, and whoever touched them or the sacred vessels of the sanctuary became holy in the sense of set apart to God (Lev. 6:18; also Exo. 29:37; Exo. 30:29). The object of the command is therefore to prevent that ceremonial sanctification of the people which would interfere with their ordinary life.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 46:20 Then said he unto me, This [is] the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear [them] not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.
Ver. 20. Where they shall bake the meat offering, ] i.e., The ministers shall indite or boil good matters in their hearts for the use of the people, and then their tongues shall be as the pen of a ready writer. Psa 45:1 They shall not feed their hearers with crude and indigested stuff, but such as is well boiled and baked with the fire of the Holy Spirit, kindled on the hearth of their own hearts; that from the heart they may speak to the heart.
To sanctify the people.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
to sanctify the People. Compare Eze 44:19.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
boil the trespass: Eze 44:29, 1Sa 2:13-15, 2Ch 35:13
bake the meat: Lev 2:4-7, Lev 7:1-38
to sanctify: Eze 44:19
Reciprocal: Exo 27:9 – the court Exo 29:31 – seethe his flesh Lev 6:26 – priest Lev 8:31 – Boil 1Ki 7:45 – the pots Jer 52:18 – caldrons Eze 46:24 – General Zec 14:20 – and the
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 46:20. Some of the sacrificial offerings were boiled and others were baked or roasted in an oven. The parts that were to be consumed by fire were offered on the altar. Hence there were different places used in the preparation and use of the materials furnished by the people and turned over to the prince or priest. It will give the reader some light on this subject. If he will examine carefully the first 5 chapters of Leviticus, also some verses in the 6th and 7th chapters of that book.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
46:20 Then said he to me, This [is] the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear [them] not out into the outer court, {e} to sanctify the people.
(e) That the people should not have to do with those things which belong to the Lord, and think it lawful for them to eat them.