Ezekiel 46:23
Ezekiel 46:23 in Multiple Translations
Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.
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.
And there was a wall round about in them, round about the four, and boiling-places were made under the walls round about.
And there was a line of wall all round inside them, round all four, and boiling-places were made under it all round about.
Each of the four courts had a stone ledge with ovens built into the base of the walls on every side.
And there went a wall about them, euen about those foure, and kitchins were made vnder the walles rounde about.
And a row [is] round about in them, round about to them four, and made with boilers under the rows round about.
There was a wall around in them, around the four, and boiling places were made under the walls all around.
And there was a row of building around in them, around them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows around.
And there was a wall round about compassing the four little courts, and there were kitchens built under the rows round about.
Around the inside of each of those enclosed areas was a stone ledge, with places to make fires all around under each ledge.
Berean Amplified Bible — Ezekiel 46:23
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Ezekiel 46:23 Interlinear (Deep Study)
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וְ/ט֨וּר
סָבִ֥יב
בָּ/הֶ֛ם
סָבִ֖יב
לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ם
וּ/מְבַשְּׁל֣וֹת
עָשׂ֔וּי
מִ/תַּ֥חַת
הַ/טִּיר֖וֹת
סָבִֽיב
וְ/ט֨וּר
ṭûwr
H2905
row
Conj | N-ms
סָבִ֥יב
çâbîyb
H5439
around
N-cs
בָּ/הֶ֛ם
Prep | Suff
סָבִ֖יב
çâbîyb
H5439
around
N-cs
לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ם
ʼarbaʻ
H702
four
Prep | Adj | Suff
וּ/מְבַשְּׁל֣וֹת
mᵉbashshᵉlâh
H4018
hearth
Conj | N-fp
עָשׂ֔וּי
ʻâsâh
H6213
to make
V-Qal-Inf-c
מִ/תַּ֥חַת
tachath
H8478
underneath
Prep | Prep
הַ/טִּיר֖וֹת
ṭîyrâh
H2918
encampment
Art | N-fp
סָבִֽיב
çâbîyb
H5439
around
N-cs
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Hebrew Word Reference — Ezekiel 46:23
וְ/ט֨וּר
ṭûwr
H2905
"row"
Conj | N-ms
This word refers to a row of things, like a row of bricks in a wall or a row of jewels on a necklace. It is used to describe something that is arranged in a line or sequence.
Definition: 1) row 1a) row, course (of building) 1b) row (of jewels)
Usage: Occurs in 20 OT verses. KJV: row. See also: Exodus 28:17; 1 Kings 7:3; Ezekiel 46:23.
סָבִ֥יב
çâbîyb
H5439
"around"
N-cs
This word describes something that surrounds or encompasses, like a circle or neighborhood, and can also mean around or about, as in on every side. It is used to describe physical locations and proximity. The KJV translates it as about or circuit.
Definition: : around/border subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side
Usage: Occurs in 282 OT verses. KJV: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side. See also: Genesis 23:17; 1 Kings 7:24; Psalms 3:7.
בָּ/הֶ֛ם
""
Prep | Suff
סָבִ֖יב
çâbîyb
H5439
"around"
N-cs
This word describes something that surrounds or encompasses, like a circle or neighborhood, and can also mean around or about, as in on every side. It is used to describe physical locations and proximity. The KJV translates it as about or circuit.
Definition: : around/border subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side
Usage: Occurs in 282 OT verses. KJV: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side. See also: Genesis 23:17; 1 Kings 7:24; Psalms 3:7.
לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ם
ʼarbaʻ
H702
"four"
Prep | Adj | Suff
The number four is a simple counting number in Hebrew, used to describe quantities of things, such as people, objects, or groups.
Definition: four
Usage: Occurs in 277 OT verses. KJV: four. See also: Genesis 2:10; Judges 20:47; Esther 9:21.
וּ/מְבַשְּׁל֣וֹת
mᵉbashshᵉlâh
H4018
"hearth"
Conj | N-fp
A cooking hearth where food is prepared, often translated as a boiling place. This word is used in the Bible to describe a place where meals are cooked over an open flame.
Definition: cooking places
Usage: Occurs in 1 OT verses. KJV: boiling-place. See also: Ezekiel 46:23.
עָשׂ֔וּי
ʻâsâh
H6213
"to make"
V-Qal-Inf-c
This verb means to make or do something, and is used over 2,600 times in the Bible. It is first used in Genesis 1:7 to describe God's creation of the world and is also used in Exodus 31:5 to describe the work of skilled craftsmen.
Definition: : make(OBJECT) 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made
Usage: Occurs in 2286 OT verses. KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use. See also: Genesis 1:7; Genesis 34:19; Exodus 18:24.
מִ/תַּ֥חַת
tachath
H8478
"underneath"
Prep | Prep
This Hebrew word means underneath or below, often used to describe physical locations or positions. It appears in various books, including Genesis, Exodus, and Psalms, to indicate something is under or beneath something else. The word has several related meanings.
Definition: : under/below 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath
Usage: Occurs in 450 OT verses. KJV: as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with. See also: Genesis 1:7; Deuteronomy 7:24; 1 Kings 20:42.
הַ/טִּיר֖וֹת
ṭîyrâh
H2918
"encampment"
Art | N-fp
This Hebrew word refers to an encampment, a fortress, or a small village, often surrounded by a wall for protection. It can also mean a row of stones or a palace. In the Bible, it is used to describe the dwelling places of kings and nobles.
Definition: 1) encampment, battlement 1a) encampment, tent camp 1b) walled dwelling places, battlement (metaph.) 1c) row (of stones)
Usage: Occurs in 7 OT verses. KJV: (goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row. See also: Genesis 25:16; Psalms 69:26; Ezekiel 46:23.
סָבִֽיב
çâbîyb
H5439
"around"
N-cs
This word describes something that surrounds or encompasses, like a circle or neighborhood, and can also mean around or about, as in on every side. It is used to describe physical locations and proximity. The KJV translates it as about or circuit.
Definition: : around/border subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side
Usage: Occurs in 282 OT verses. KJV: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side. See also: Genesis 23:17; 1 Kings 7:24; Psalms 3:7.
Study Notes — Ezekiel 46:23
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- Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 46:23
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 46:23
- Matthew Poole's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
- Trapp's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
- Ellicott's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
- Cambridge Bible on Ezekiel 46:23
- Whedon's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
Context — The Courts for Boiling and Baking
21Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.
22In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. Each of the four corner areas had the same dimensions.
23Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.
24And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”Ezekiel 46:23 Summary
[Ezekiel 46:23 describes the inside of the four courts in the temple complex, where a row of masonry with ovens was built at the base of the walls on all sides. This was a practical arrangement for cooking the sacrifices offered by the people, as explained in Ezekiel 46:24. Just like the priests had to prepare the sacrifices, we too have to prepare our hearts to serve God, as seen in Romans 12:1-2. By studying the details of the temple, we can learn more about God's desire for us to be holy and set apart for His service.]
Frequently Asked Questions
What were the ovens in Ezekiel 46:23 used for?
The ovens in Ezekiel 46:23 were used for cooking the sacrifices offered by the people, as explained in Ezekiel 46:24. This is similar to the way ovens were used in the tabernacle, as described in Exodus 29:38-42 and Leviticus 7:11-18.
Why were the ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides?
The ovens were built at the base of the walls on all sides to provide a convenient and efficient way to cook the sacrifices, and to keep the cooking area separate from the rest of the temple complex, as seen in Ezekiel 46:21-22.
How do the kitchens in Ezekiel 46:23 relate to the ministry of the priests?
The kitchens in Ezekiel 46:23 were an important part of the ministry of the priests, as they were responsible for cooking the sacrifices offered by the people, as mentioned in Ezekiel 44:11 and Deuteronomy 18:1-8.
What can we learn from the attention to detail in Ezekiel 46:23?
The attention to detail in Ezekiel 46:23, such as the row of masonry and the ovens built at the base of the walls, teaches us about the importance of careful planning and preparation in our own service to God, as seen in Proverbs 24:3-4 and Colossians 3:23-24.
Reflection Questions
- What are some ways that I can practically serve God in my daily life, just like the priests served in the temple?
- How can I ensure that I am being diligent and thorough in my own spiritual preparation, just like the attention to detail in the construction of the temple?
- What are some areas in my life where I need to separate the sacred from the profane, just like the separate courts in the temple complex?
- How can I use my own resources and talents to support the ministry of others, just like the kitchens supported the priests in their ministry?
Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 46:23
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
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 46:23
After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
Matthew Poole's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
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.
Trapp's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
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.Ver. 23. With boiling places.] Such as the ancients called popinas. “ Nolo ego Florus esse, Latitare per popinas. ” “ I do not wish to be Florus, to hide in the kitchens.” Adrian. Imp.
Ellicott's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
(23) A row of building.—Around the walls of these enclosures were fixed tables of masonry with boiling places underneath.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
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."
Cambridge Bible on Ezekiel 46:23
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.
Whedon's Commentary on Ezekiel 46:23
19-24. The kitchens of the priests are now described. “Then he brought me through the entry,… and behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward” (R.V.). See L in chart facing page 209.