20 and said, “This is the place where the priests are to boil the meat offered as sacrifices for sin or as repayment offerings, and to bake the offerings of flour, so that nothing holy is carried to the outer courtyard, where it might harm the people.”
21-22 Then he led me to the outer courtyard and showed me that in each of its four corners there was a smaller courtyard, 68 feet long and 48 feet wide.
23 Each one had a stone wall around it, with fireplaces built against the wall.
24 The man told me, “These are the kitchens where the Temple servants are to boil the sacrifices the people offer.”