See note Col. 2:16^3c.

The law of Moses required that the continual daily burnt offering be offered both in the morning and in the evening (Num. 28:3-4), but here there is no offering in the evening. This may indicate that in the service of the priests in the millennium there is no evening; they are continually in the freshness of the morning.

The four enclosed courts at the four corners of the outer court are the boiling houses for the sacrifices of the people (vv. 21-24). This indicates that, by God’s grace, the preparation of Christ for others’ enjoyment is spreading to every corner, making Christ available everywhere. The measurement of the corner chambers is forty by thirty (v. 22). The number forty signifies trials and testing (Matt. 4:1-2; Heb. 3:9) and indicates here that apart from the Lord’s suffering, testing, and trials, He could not have been “cooked,” prepared for our enjoyment.

The places in the holy chambers were for the priests to boil their offerings and to bake the meal offerings (vv. 19-20). These were for the priests, whereas the courts in vv. 21-24 were for the people.