Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 44:3
He — The king might sit before the Lord, others might not. Bread — That part of the sacrifice, which was allowed to the offerer.
He — The king might sit before the Lord, others might not. Bread — That part of the sacrifice, which was allowed to the offerer.
THE PRINCE - Foretold under the name of David Ezekiel 34:24. The rabbis understood this to be the Messiah. TO EAT BREAD - See Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 24:9
CHAPTER 44 _ 1. The outward eastern gate for the prince (Ezekiel 44:1) _ 2. The charge concerning the strangers and the rebellious tribes (Ezekiel 44:4) 3. The charge concerning the priests, the so...
EZEKIEL 44-46. THE TEMPLE OFFICERS AND FESTIVALS. Ezekiel 44:1. From the inner court where he had seen the Divine glory and heard the mysterious voice (435f.) the prophet was led back to the outer ea...
IT IS FOR THE PRINCE. the prince. Hebrew The Prince: as prince: i.e. the risen David, the vice-regent of the Messiah (Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:24;...
The only exception is in favour of the prince. He shall eat bread in this gate, i.e. partake of the sacrificial meal there. Though not expressly stated it is implied that the meal shall be partaken of...
Ordinances regarding the Temple These ordinances define who shall minister in it, priests and Levites (ch. 44); the revenue of the priests, the Levites and the prince, with the duties devolving on th...
B. The Ministers of Worship: The Priests 44:1-45:8 After briefly discussing the relationship of the prince to the sanctuary (Ezekiel 44:1-3), Ezekiel speaks of the qualifications of the temple ministe...
It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. The prince - not King...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 44 THE EAST GATE – EZEKIEL 44:1-3 V1 Then the man brought me back to the outer...
The prince in this *vision was the ruler of *Israel’s government. He had important duties at the *temple. But he was not a priest. And he did not control what happened at the *temple. Only the prince...
THE PRINCE. — The Rabbis understood this to refer to the Messiah, and unquestionably the same person must be meant as by David in Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 37:24. This gives another and a conclusive reas...
אֶֽת ־הַ נָּשִׂ֗יא נָ֥שִׂיא ה֛וּא יֵֽשֶׁב ־בּ
THE PRIESTHOOD Ezekiel 44:1 IN the last chapter we saw how the principle of holiness through separation was exhibited in the plan of a new Temple, round which the Theocracy of the future was to be co...
The next section described the service of the new Temple. It commenced with the command that the eastern gate, through which Jehovah entered, must be kept closed, and that no man should be allowed to...
Opened. No man perfectly understands the Scriptures but the Son of God, Matthew xi. 27. (St. Jerome) --- This also insinuates, that Mary ever remained a pure virgin. (St. Augustine, &c.) (Worthington)...
Surely there is in those verses so plain an allusion to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, that it is hardly possible for any to mistake it, or make application to any other. And not only to his per...
Chapter 44 makes known the fact that Jehovah is returned to His house, and the memorial of His having done so is preserved in that the door by which He entered is to remain for ever shut. The Prince a...
IT IS FOR THE PRINCE: THE PRINCE SHALL SIT IN IT TO EAT BREAD BEFORE THE LORD,.... Or, "as for the prince, the prince shall sit in it" e; in the gate which is shut to others: not the high priest, as J...
Ezekiel 44:3 [It is] for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. Ver....
_It is for the prince_ The words, _It is_, are not in the Hebrew, which is only, _For the prince;_ and therefore the meaning seems to be, that this gate should, in general, be shut for, or to the prin...
It is for the prince, the ruler of the Lord's people; THE PRINCE, HE SHALL SIT IN IT TO EAT BREAD BEFORE THE LORD; HE SHALL ENTER BY THE WAY OF THE PORCH OF THAT GATE AND SHALL GO OUT BY THE WAY OF TH...
THE STATUS OF THE PRINCE, THE LEVITES, AND THE PRIESTS...
FOR THE PRINCE; for the king, say some; if so, then the door shut was the door, not of the temple, but of the east gate of the priests court. The high priest, and the second priest, say others, and in...
Ezekiel 44:3 prince H5387 prince H5387 sit H3427 (H8799) eat H398 (H8800) bread H3899 before H6440 LORD...
“As for the prince, he will sit in it as prince to eat bread before Yahweh. He will enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and will go out by way of the same.” This gateway was henceforth to be so...
CONTENTS: Gate for the prince. God's glory filling the temple. The priests. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, sons of Zadok, prince. CONCLUSION: In the great temple of Jehovah in the kingdom age, Israel sha...
Ezekiel 44:5. _Mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears._ Every thing seen in this vision of the temple, adumbrates celestial glory, and therefore demanded the most profound att...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 44:1 The main east gate of the temple is significant on many levels (see Ezekiel 43:1). Ezekiel is taken back to the outer court to see the main east gate closed. It will no lo
THE RELATION OF PRINCE AND PRIESTS TO THE TEMPLE (Chap. 44) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 44:1. “THE GATE OF THE OUTWARD SANCTUARY”—the court of the priests as distinguished from the Temple itself. “THIS...
EXPOSITION The prophet, having finished his account of the temple, or place of worship, proceeds, in the second section of his vision (Ezekiel 44-46.), to set forth the culture, or ritual, to be perfo...
CHAPTER 44. ORDINANCES FOR THE PRINCE AND THE PRIESTHOOD. Ezekiel 44:1. _And he brought me again by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, that looks toward the east, and it was shut._ Ezekiel...
Now as we get to chapter 44, we come to a prophecy that is so often misinterpreted. And I must confess to you that I have often misinterpreted this prophecy. And as I read it more carefully and have r...
1 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 34:31; Deuteronomy 12:17;...