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.
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 meal offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court,
to sanctify the people. Then he brought me forth into the utter
court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and,
behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. 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. And there
was a row of buildings round about them, round about them four, and
it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. 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
(verses 19-24).
Again the prophet is brought by the northern gate to the side where the
holy chambers of the priests are located. There he saw a place on the
two sides westward. The use of this place is made known in verse 20. The
final description of buildings round about the court needs no further
comment.