Ezekiel 46 · Verse 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.

Ezekiel 46:23, King James Version

Ezekiel 46:23 in other translations

BSB	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.
WEB	There was a wall around in them, around the four, and boiling places were made under the walls all around.
ASV	And there was a wall round about in them, round about the four, and boiling-places were made under the walls round about.
YLT	And a row is round about in them, round about to them four, and made with boilers under the rows round about.
DARBY	And there was a row of building round about in them, round about those four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.
BBE	And there was a line of wall all round inside them, round all four, and boiling-places were made under it all round about.
Webster	And there was a row of building around in them, around them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows around.

What does Ezekiel 46:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 46:19-24

19-24. 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 (Le 6:25; 7:7), before coming forth to mingle again with the people; another set at the corners of…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

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."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 46:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְט֨וּרve.Turand a row of stonesH2905

סָבִ֥יבsa.Viv[was] all aroundH5439

בָּהֶ֛םba.Hemin them

סָבִ֖יבsa.VivaroundH5439

לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑םle.'ar.ba'.Tamto [the] four of themH702

וּמְבַשְּׁל֣וֹתu.me.va.she.Lotand boiling placesH4018

עָשׂ֔וּי'a.Sui[was] madeH6213

מִתַּ֥חַתmi.Ta.chat<from> underH8478

הַטִּיר֖וֹתha.ti.Rotthe rows of stonesH2918

סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall aroundH5439

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Ezekiel 46:22
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.
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.
Ezekiel 46:24
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.

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Ezekiel 46:23 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y había una pared alrededor de ellos, alrededor de todos cuatro, y chimeneas hechas abajo alrededor de las paredes.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et, à l’entour, dans ces parvis, une maçonnerie continue, autour des quatre; et des foyers à cuire, pratiqués au-dessous des rangées, à l’entour.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und in denselben war eine Mauerreihe ringsherum bei allen vieren; und Kochherde waren unter den Mauerreihen angebracht ringsum.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et paries per circuitum ambiens quatuor atriola: et culinæ fabricatæ erant subter porticus per gyrum.