Ez 46:14-24

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More about the land and the temple (Eze 46:16-24)

If the king marked off a piece of his land and gave it to one of his sons, it remained the permanent property of the son. But if he made a similar gift to one of his servants, the land returned to the king at the year of jubilee. (Concerning the year of jubilee see Lev 25:8-34.)

This ensured that the royal family retained possession of its land, and that the king was not tempted to seize other people’s land to compensate for what he gave away (Eze 46:16-18).

Returning to the details of the temple, Ezekiel adds that there were kitchens inside the enclosure of the inner court.

These were provided so that the priests who offered the sacrifices (i.e. the Zadokite priests; see Eze 44:15-16) could cook their portions of food from the holy offerings, without having to go outside the holy enclosure (Eze 46:19-20).

There were also kitchens in the four corners of the outer court, where other temple officials (i.e. the Levites and non-Zadokite priests; see Eze 44:10-14) cooked those portions of the sacrificial food that belonged to the common people (Eze 46:21-24).