Ezekiel 46:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.””

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BSBPD

“and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he said unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass-offering and the sin-offering, and where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And he saith unto me, `This <FI>is<Fi> the place where the priests do boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they bake the present, so as not to bring <FI>it<Fi> out unto the outer court, to sanctify the people.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 46:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 29:31You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.
  2. Leviticus 2:1“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,
  3. Leviticus 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
  4. Leviticus 2:4Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.
  5. Leviticus 2:10But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
  6. Leviticus 7:1“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
  7. 1 Samuel 2:13or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
  8. 2 Chronicles 35:13They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.
  9. Ezekiel 44:19When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
  10. Ezekiel 44:29They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
  11. Ezekiel 46:24And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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