In fact, any *Israelite who so desired could live close to the *temple. Nobody appointed them to live in those homes. But if they wanted to *worship regularly, they could live there. And if they loved God, they could live there. God always wants people to love him more.
Verse Ezekiel 45:6. _YE SHALL APPOINT_] See the plan, FF. Ezekiel 48:35....
This portion is to belong to the whole people, not to be subject to the encroachments made by the later kings of Judah Jeremiah 22:13. The Levites’ portion 10,000 reeds, the priests’ portion 10,000 re...
CHAPTER 45 _ 1. The portions of the priests, the Levites, of the whole house of Israel, and the prince (Ezekiel 45:1) _ 2. Concerning the prince (Ezekiel 45:9) 3. The feast of Passover and the feas...
THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Compare Ezekiel 48:19....
The city possesses a strip of land 5000 cubits broad and 25,000 long, running parallel to the portion of the priests, cf. Ezekiel 48:15. The city shall stand in the midst of this tract, which it entir...
IT SHALL BE FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL— "This shall be the capital city, to which all the tribes shall resort upon the solemn festivals; which shall have twelve gates, according to the number of th...
_5. THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE SACRED PORTION OF THE LAND_ (_45:1-8_) TRANSLATION (1) Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, a holy...
_ _ And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel....
THE LANDS FOR THE PRIESTS, LEVITES, PRINCE, AND CITY The division of the whole country is described in ch. 48, which includes the substance of the present passage, and shows the position of these land...
For details of this portion see Ezekiel 48:16....
THE POSSESSION OF THE CITY. — This portion, more particularly described in Ezekiel 48:15, is there called “a profane place,” though still constituting a part of the oblation. It was the same length an...
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PRINCE AND PEOPLE Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 46:1, PASSIM IT was remarked in a previous chapter that the "prince" of the closing vision appears to occupy a less exalted position than the Mes...
Seeing that the priests were to have no inheritance, the next section of the prophecy dealt fittingly with the method of their support. After the distribution of the land, a description of which follo...
_According. Hebrew, "along or (Calmet) over-against the oblation of the holy portion." (Protestants) --- Israel, destined to serve the priests. (Haydock)_...
If there were no other evidence but what those six verses contain, in proof, that somewhat of an higher nature, and design, than any event which ever yet took place, in the Jewish history, in the exte...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 AND 46. The portion of the priests in the land is assigned them-close to that of the sanctuary. The portion of the Levites was to adjoin that of the priest...
AND YE SHALL APPOINT THE POSSESSION OF THE CITY, e.] Which is something distinct from the house or temple, which was as the frame of a city, being so large, and consisting of so many parts, Ezekiel 40...
And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy [portion]: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. Ver...
_And ye shall appoint the possession of the city, five thousand broad, &c., over against_ (or by the side of, see Eze 48:14) _the oblation of the holy portion_ This must run parallel in length with th...
And ye shall appoint the possession of the city, as the capital of the new nation, FIVE THOUSAND BROAD AND FIVE AND TWENTY THOUSAND LONG, this being the total area or region under its immediate contro...
THE PORTION OF THE LAND...
APPOINT; order and measure out. THE POSSESSION; land to be a possession to the citizens of Jerusalem, and to be the contents of the city. FIVE THOUSAND BROAD, AND FIVE AND TWENTY THOUSAND LONG; about...
Ezekiel 45:6 appoint H5414 (H8799) property H272 city H5892 five H2568 thousand H505 wide H7341 twenty-five H6242...
“And you will appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and twenty five long, side by side with the gift-offering of the holy portion. It shall be for the whole house of Israel.” ‘The ci...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's portion of the land and the prince's portion. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, prince. CONCLUSION: In the kingdom age Israel will honor Jehovah with portions of land set apart for divin...
Ezekiel 45:18. _Thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary._ In the ancient tabernacle all the vessels were touched with blood, to purify and consecrate them to sacred...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 45:1 This definition of a sacred space within the wider context of renewed Israel provides a summary that will be described in greater detail in Ezekiel 48:8. Ezekiel depicts t
THE APPORTIONMENT OF TERRITORY AROUND THE TEMPLE (Chap. 45) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 45:1. “DIVIDE BY LOT”—not by casting lots, but by allotment, the several portions being assigned according to rul...
EXPOSITION From the sustenance of the priests (Ezekiel 44:29-26), the new Torah naturally passes in the present chapter to the maintenance of the temple service as a whole, setting forth in the first...
CHAPTER 45. THE SACRED ALLOTMENTS IN LAND AND GIFTS. Ezekiel 45:1. _And when ye shall divide the land by lot, ye shall offer an oblation to the Lord; an holy portion of the land, in length five and...
Now in chapter 45 he describes here the length and all of the city, of the land itself. And it is described here as being, in length twenty-five thousand reeds, and in breadth ten thousand reeds. And...
Ezekiel 48:15; Ezekiel 48:30...
The possession — Land to be a possession to the citizens of Jerusalem, and to be the content of the city. Broad — About two miles and half broad, and twelve miles and half long. Long — This must run a...