Ezekiel left the *temple building with the *angel. Then the *angel led him out of the inner area. They went through the north inner gate together. And then they were in the outer area again. The *angel wanted to show Ezekiel the rooms that were between the *temple’s outer and inner areas.... [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 42 BUILDINGS FOR THE PRIESTS – EZEKIEL 42:1-14 V1 Then the man led me north into the outer area. He brought me to the rooms across from the *temple and its area. V2 This building... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel described two large buildings here. These buildings were wider at the ground level than they were on the higher two floors. There was a path between the buildings. The building on the side by the *temple was twice the length of the other building. And one entered these buildings from the out... [ Continue Reading ]
There were also buildings on the *temple’s south side, which matched the buildings in verses 2-9. Because of the position of these buildings, there was a space of 87 feet (30 metres) between the outer area and the inner area. The ordinary people could not even come close to the walls of the inner a... [ Continue Reading ]
The *angel explained the purpose of these rooms. The priests would eat some parts of the *sacrifices. These *sacrifices were *holy. So the priests ate them as part of their sacred duties (compare 1 Corinthians 11:23-29). And therefore, the priests could not take this food out of the *temple. And the... [ Continue Reading ]
The above principle was also true about many other things, for example, the priests’ *holy clothes. Ezekiel 44:17-19 contains the rules about these clothes. The priests had to wear special clothes when they carried out their duties in the inner area. But the priest could not wear the same clothes wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel left the *temple by the east gate. Something astonishing would soon happen at this gate. And afterwards, that gate would be for special purposes only. The priests and the public would not use it again.... [ Continue Reading ]
The *angel had taken Ezekiel out of the *temple for a particular reason. Ezekiel needed to see that the *temple’s design was perfect. So Ezekiel watched as the *angel measured each wall. There were the outer walls that surrounded the *temple’s outer area. Ezekiel had described the walls in 40:5. Ez... [ Continue Reading ]