에스겔 40:38의 유대 사상

“There was a chamber” – within the inner courtyard, near this gate – “its entrance”¹Ibid.:38. was at the side of this gate, facing the gate. “There, they would wash the burnt-offering.” It appears that this chamber was the butchering area.²I.e., the place where the sacrificial animals were skinned and cut into pieces.

The verse states:²Ibid.:43. The bracketed phrase was added based on the gloss of Metzudos. “And the tables on which the meat of the sacrifices [would be placed].” It appears that the phrase “There they would rinse the burnt-offering”³Ibid.:38. refers to this chamber, i.e., the meat of the sacrifices was rinsed on the tables inside this chamber. Therefore, the tables were made of hewn stone. Similarly, Middos, ch. 3,⁴Middos 3:5. states that there were marble tables between the pillars in the butchering area. Rav Ovadiah of Bartenura states that the entrails of the sacrifices were washed on these tables because marble cools the meat and protects it from spoiling.