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He said to 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 not bring them forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.
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Protecting Everyday Life
Commentators explain that the offerings were prepared in a separate area to prevent the people from accidentally touching them. Under the Old Covenant, touching such 'most holy' things would ceremonially 'sanctify' a person, setting them apart for sacred duties and disrupting their normal life and work. This rule protected the people's everyday lives from unintentional interruption.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The careful provision made here to keep separate the offerings of priests and people was to prevent collision, just as the enactments ([Reference E…
19th Century
Anglican
Shall boil ... shall bake.— The flesh of all sacrifices except the Passover was by the law required to be boiled, and the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said he unto me Declaring what this place was, and what it was for:
this is the place where the p…
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