Ezekiel 46:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸ The ruler must never abuse my people by taking land from them. Any land he gives his children must already belong to him.

The Sacred Kitchens

¹⁹ The man who was showing me the temple^[a] then took me back to the inner courtyard. We walked to the south side of the courtyard and stopped at the door to the sacred rooms that belonged to the priests. He showed me more rooms at the western edge of the courtyard ²⁰ and said, “These are the kitchens where the priests must boil the meat to be offered as sacrifices to make things right^[b] and as sacrifices for sin.^[c] They will also bake the grain for sacrifices in these kitchens. That way, these sacred offerings won't have to be carried through the outer courtyard, where someone could accidentally touch them and be harmed.”^[d]