Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 46:23
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.
23. The description is brief. The “row” is probably not a series of separate buildings running round the court, but a continuous course of building, in which at the bottom (“under” the row) were recesses in which were the hearths where the pots were set in which the sacrifices were cooked. The hearth usually consisted of some stones within which the fire was put and upon which the pot was set.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 23. It was made with boiling places] These were uncovered apartments, where they kept fires for dressing those parts of the peace-offerings, which were made in the temple by individuals through a principle of devotion. On these their families and their friends feasted; and portions were sent to the poor, the widows, and the orphans. And thus the spirit of devotion was the means of preserving the spirit of mercy, charity, and benevolence in the land. How true is that word, “Godliness is profitable for all things.”
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
A row of building; a range of building on the inside of the walls of the lesser courts, or four ranges answerable to the four sides.
Round about in them; added, lest any should think the buildings were on the outside of the walls of these courts.
Four; four courts in the four corners.
Boiling places; places of stone raised on purpose, and framed for the more convenient boiling of that part of the sacrifice which was allowed to the priest, or to the people, to eat before the Lord, and feast with.
Under the rows: these rows of building were so framed, that the caldrons and pots were placed under them; it is likely they might be like cloisters, over which was a roof to cover both the priest or Levite cooks, and the meats they dress, and they were either open as a cloister, or had windows, out of which the smoke of the fire or steam of the meat passed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
23. boiling placesboilers.
under the rowsAt thefoot of the rows, that is, in the lowest part of the walls,were the places for boiling made.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And there was a row of building round about in them,…. Within the courts, not on the outside of them: these were either chambers to eat the sacrifices in when boiled; or they were sheds which covered the cooks, and the meat they were boiling, from the rain, c.: the Targum renders it,
“and walls were made to them round about”
to the court: and so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret this row of building of a stone wall:
round about them four; the four courts at the four corners:
and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about; under these rows of building, chambers or sheds; or under these stone walls were furnaces, and coppers, and caldrons, set on them, for the boiling of the sacrifices.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(23) A row of building.Around the walls of these enclosures were fixed tables of masonry with boiling places underneath.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 46:23 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.
Ver. 23. With boiling places. ] Such as the ancients called popinas.
“ Nolo ego Florus esse,
Latitare per popinas. ” a
“I do not wish to be Florus,
to hide in the kitchens.”
a Adrian. Imp.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
And there was a. row of building = And there was an enclosure. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads “And there was a now building”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Eze 46:23. There ts no separate original word for building, but row is from tuwr which Strong defines, to arrange in a regular manner,” Made with boiling places under the rows means the arrangement in the definition of row had provision made at the bottom far boiling the flesh of the sacrificial offerings.