以西結書46:19-24

46:19 那帶我的，將我從門旁進入之處、領進為祭司預備的聖屋，是朝北的，見後頭西邊有一塊地。

46:20 他對我說：「這是祭司煮贖愆祭、贖罪祭，烤素祭之地，免得帶到外院，使民成聖。」

46:21 他又帶我到外院，使我經過院子的四拐角，見每拐角各有一個院子。

46:22 院子四拐角的院子，周圍有牆，每院長四十肘，寬三十肘。四拐角院子的尺寸都是一樣，

46:23 其中周圍有一排房子，房子內有煮肉的地方。

46:24 他對我說：「這都是煮肉的房子，殿內的僕役要在這裡煮民的祭物。」

Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests, and behold, a place was there at the extreme western end of them.  And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so transmit holiness to the people.”

  Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me around to the four corners of the court. And behold, in each corner of the court there was another court—  in the four corners of the court were small courts, forty cubits long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size.  On the inside, around each of the four courts was a row of masonry, with hearths made at the bottom of the rows all around.  Then he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people.”

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    這裡說到：「祭司煮贖愆祭、贖罪祭，烤素祭之地，免得帶到外院，使民成聖」及「殿內的僕役要在這裡煮民的祭物」。表示祭物只有祭司可以吃，其他人不能吃，因為這是上帝賜給利未人的！

    我們今日領聖餐時，吃餅喝杯，象徵性地吃耶穌基督的身體和喝寶血！讓我們認清自己也是祭司，才可以食用「祭物」。也因為如此，我們是上帝在新約時代所揀選的祭司，耶穌基督是我們的產業，更是我們杯中的份！我們有因為吃喝耶穌基督的身體和寶血，就有分於基督，與基督同屬上帝的兒女！

    我們當為此獻上感謝，因為耶穌基督為了拯救我們，將自己都捨了，為的要使我們可以進入上帝的國，建立我們與上帝有正確合宜的關係，使我們擁有永生，可以彰顯上帝的榮光！