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20 and said, “These are the kitchens where the priests must boil the meat to be offered as sacrifices to make things right[a] and as sacrifices for sin.[b] 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.”[c]

21 We went back to the outer courtyard and walked past the four corners. 22 At each corner I saw a smaller courtyard, 20 meters long and 15 meters wide.

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Footnotes

  1. 46.20 sacrifices to make things right: See the note at 40.38,39.
  2. 46.20 sacrifices for sin: See the note at 40.38,39.
  3. 46.20 someone … touch them and be harmed: See the note at 44.19.

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