Ezekiel 46:19

“After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, &c.] The north gate of the inner court, where the prophet was last, (<264404>Ezekiel 44:4), through an entry, by the side of that, he was brought by the man his guide: into the holy chambers of the priests; (see <264213>Ezekiel 42:13): and, behold, there was a place in the two sides westward; or, “on their sides westward”f833; on the west side of the chambers; the Targum is at the west end of them: the use of this place follows,”

“Due regard is to be had for the sanctity of the officiating priests' food, by cooking courts being provided close to their chambers. One set of apartments for cooking was to be at the corners of the inner court, reserved for the flesh of the sin offerings, to be eaten only by the priests whose perquisite it was (Lev 6:25; Lev 7:7), before coming forth to mingle again with the people; another set at the corners of the outer court, for cooking the flesh of the peace offerings, of which the people partook along with the priests. All this implies that no longer are the common and unclean to be confounded with the sacred and divine, but that in even the least things, as eating and drinking, the…”

“The careful provision here made to keep separate the offerings of priests and people was to prevent collision, just as the enactments Ezekiel 46:16-18 were intended to secure their respective rights to prince and people. Ezekiel 46:19 At the side of the gate - The entrance to the inner court at the same side as the northern gate Ezekiel 42:9. Ezekiel 46:20 See M Plan II. Boil - It was unique to the Paschal lamb, that it was to be eaten roasted. The flesh of the other sacrifices was to be “sodden” or boiled (see Leviticus 6:28; 1 Samuel 2:13; 2 Chronicles 24:14 margin). The “meat-offering” (flour and honey) was baked Leviticus 2:4. Ezekiel 46:21 See K. Plan II. Ezekiel 46:22 courts joined -…”

“46:19-24 The vision of the Temple proper (chs 40–46) concludes with a return to the point at which the tour began. The prophet began his tour in the outer court, and having traveled to the center and back out again twice, he completed it at the edges of the outer court, in the kitchens where the various sacrifices offered by the people were to be cooked. Some sacrifices were burned whole on the altar, while others were only partially burned, with portions being returned so that the worshiper could feast with his family in the Lord’s presence.”

“the entry: This entry was at the west side of the north gate of the inner court. Eze 40:44-46, Eze 42:9, Eze 44:4, Eze 44:5 a place: This place was at the west corners of the inner court, or court of the priests; where they prepared the most holy things, the trespass and sin offering, which none but the priests might eat; that they might not "bear them out into the utter court, to sanctify the people," that is, by touching them incapacitate them from discharging their ordinary occupations. Ezekiel 46:20”

“The Sacrificial Kitchens for the Priests and for the People Eze 46:19. And he brought me up the entrance by the shoulder of the gate to the holy cells for the priests, which looked to the north; and behold there was a place on the outermost side toward the west. Eze 46:20. And he said to me, This is the place where the priests boil the trespass-offering and the sin-offering, where they bake the meat-offering that they may not need to carry it out into the outer court, to sanctify the people. Eze 46:21. And he led me out into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was again a court. Eze 46:22. In the four corners…”