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, to avoid carrying them through the outer courtyard and so communicate holiness to the people'—specifying that the priests' cooking facilities keep the preparation of sacred offerings within the holy precinct rather than exposing them to public view. The concern about communicating holiness protects the boundary between sacred and profane. This verse explains the purpose of the cooking facilities.

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