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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 439

"Holy chambers"

Text: Ezekiel 42:13

HOLY CHAMBERS FOR THE PRIESTS

The guiding angel explained what the chambers were for. The Lord was mindful of His servants who served in the Temple. They would be provided accommodations when they were serving in the temple.

“Then he said to me, ‘The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering—for the place is holy. When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people.’ Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east, and measured it all around. He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod. He came around to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod. He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common.”
Ezekiel 42:13-20

1. The priests of the Lord.

a) God did not take them for granted.

b) He would provide for them.

2. The rooms were designated as “holy chambers”.

a) The Temple was holy.

b) The artefacts were regarded as holy too.

c) These chambers were to be regarded as holy as well.

d) The garments they used would be hung in these holy chambers.

e) The priests will use other garments when they leave the Temple precincts.

3. Measurement

a) All the sides of the Temple areas were also measured.

b) The East, North, South and West sides.

c) These spaces separated and designated the holy areas from the common.