Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 44:7
Bread — Either the meal — offering or first — fruits of corn and dough, and the shew — bread. They — The whole nation of the Jews.
Bread — Either the meal — offering or first — fruits of corn and dough, and the shew — bread. They — The whole nation of the Jews.
Verse Ezekiel 44:7. _THE FAT AND THE BLOOD_] These never went into common use; they were wholly offered to God. The _blood_ was poured out; the _fat_ consumed. _BECAUSE OF ALL YOUR ABOMINATIONS._] Se...
Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect. Ezekiel 44:4 THE NORTH GATE BEFORE THE HOUSE - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of...
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...
THE LEVITES. The regulations that follow are among the most important in the book, and they have played a great part in the critical rearrangement of OT literature and the consequent reconstruction of...
STRANGERS. aliens. Hebrew "sons of the foreigner " UNCIRCUMCISED IN HEART. Reference to Pentateuch, (Leviticus 26:41.Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 10:16), App-92. Compare...
into my sanctuary _strangers_ i.e. foreigners. What is reprobated is not of course allowing foreigners to present sacrifices to Jehovah, which they might do (Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 17:12; Numbers...
WHEN YE OFFER MY BREAD, &C.— "At the same time that ye offer sacrifices upon the altar, or that ye suffer heathens to offer at that altar, expressly against the law." By _bread_ may be understood the...
_2. The qualifications of the temple ministers (44:4-14_) TRANSLATION (4) Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the...
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the bl...
44:7 besides (e-41) Or 'with.'...
THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES Standing at the inner northern gate Ezekiel again saw the glory of God filling the Temple and was again addressed by the divine voice (Ezekiel 44:4). The Speaker first rebu...
STRANGERS] In 2 Kings 11 we have an instance of foreign mercenaries ('Carites', 2 Kings 11:4, RV) being employed as guards in the Temple. The Nethinim (Ezra 8:20) were apparently captives employed as...
A terrible thing had happened in *Israel. God had specially chosen the people in *Israel. He separated them from the other nations. He gave them his law. And he gave them his promises. But the people...
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...
STRANGERS, UNCIRCUMCISED IN HEART. — The heathen living in Israel, or coining to worship at the Temple, were allowed, and even in some cases required, to offer sacrifices (Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 1...
בַּ הֲבִיאֲכֶ֣ם בְּנֵֽי ־נֵכָ֗ר עַרְלֵי ־לֵב֙...
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...
In that ye have brought [into my sanctuary] (b) strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, [even] my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat an...
Flesh. People of this description were not to enter the temple, which is here called the sanctuary, even though they adored God. In some cases pagans were admitted into any part, except the most holy....
Here are very important commissions given to the Prophet to deliver to the people, all which are plain and express, and in which we find the sacred jealousy the Lord hath for his holy name and ordinan...
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...
IN THAT YE HAVE BROUGHT INTO MY SANCTUARY STRANGERS,.... Unregenerate men, who are in a state of alienation and estrangement to divine and spiritual things: strangers to God; to the true knowledge of...
In that ye have brought [into my sanctuary] strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, [even] my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and th...
_Then he brought me by the way of the north gate of the house _ The east gate being shut. _And, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord_ As appeared by the light which shone through...
in that ye have brought into My Sanctuary strangers, literally, "children of a stranger," UNCIRCUMCISED IN HEART, knowing nothing of repentance and faith, AND UNCIRCUMCISED IN FLESH, not having even t...
THE STATUS OF THE PRINCE, THE LEVITES, AND THE PRIESTS...
STRANGERS: _ Heb._ children of a stranger...
YE HAVE BROUGHT; either by abusing your power you have licensed, or by conniving you have permitted, to come into my holy courts. STRANGERS; foreigners and heathen, who had their idols in the very cou...
Ezekiel 44:7 brought H935 (H8687) foreigners H1121 H5236 uncircumcised H6189 heart H3820 uncircumcised H6189 flesh H1320
“And you shall say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, O you house of Israel, let all your abominations be sufficient for you, in that you have brought foreigner...
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...
_In that ye have brought into My sanctuary strangers._ THE RELATION OF THE STRANGER TO THE SERVICE OF THE TEMPLE What is reprobated is not of course allowing foreigners to present sacrifices to Jehov...
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...
Acts 21:28; Acts 7:51; Colossians 2:11; Deuteronomy 10:16;...