Exodus 29:31 Cross References

Exodus 29:31

31: "Take the ram used in the ordination ceremony, and boil its meat in a sacred place.

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the rest of the meat at the Tabernacle entrance, and eat it along with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, just as I commanded you.

or for their duties as priests. Whenever anyone offered a sacrifice, Eli's sons would send over a servant with a three-pronged fork. While the meat of the sacrificed animal was still boiling,

Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal's fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.

He explained, "This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and harming the people by transmitting holiness to them."
Then he brought me back to the outer courtyard and led me to each of its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosure.
Each of these enclosures was 70 feet long and 52 1/2 feet wide, surrounded by walls.
Along the inside of these walls was a ledge of stone with fireplaces under the ledge all the way around.
The man said to me, "These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people."

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