Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 40:45
The priests, whose chambers (L) are here provided, were those whose business it was to exercise this oversight which had devolved upon them as descendants of Aaron Numbers 3:32.
The priests, whose chambers (L) are here provided, were those whose business it was to exercise this oversight which had devolved upon them as descendants of Aaron Numbers 3:32.
Chapter s 40-48. The final nine Chapter s of this book form the climax of the great prophecies of Ezekiel; they belong to the most difficult in the entire prophetic Word. Once more the hand of the Lor...
By the (eastern?) gate (and possibly also the northern and southern) of this inner court was a chamber in which the burnt offering was washed. There were also tables on which the animals were slain an...
Chambers for the priests who keep the house and serve the altar. Fig. 3, D....
_charge of the house_ "House" is used generally of the whole temple buildings. Here those having the charge of the house are called "priests," elsewhere the charge of the house is assigned to the Levi...
C. The Inner Court and Its Gateways 40:28-47 TRANSLATION (28) Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; (29) and the lodges...
_AND HE SAID UNTO ME, THIS CHAMBER, WHOSE PROSPECT IS TOWARD THE SOUTH, IS FOR THE PRIESTS, THE KEEPERS OF_ _ AND HE SAID UNTO ME, THIS CHAMBER, WHOSE PROSPECT IS TOWARD THE SOUTH, IS FOR THE PRIESTS,...
THE NEW TEMPLE Ezekiel, transported in vision to Palestine, is set down on the N. side of the Temple mountain, and sees the Temple buildings extending to the S. like a city. A supernatural figure, li...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ ABOUT EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 Terrible events happened in Jerusalem during Ezekiel’s...
There was a lot of work for the priests who carried out the *sacrifices. The *temple needed many priests for these tasks. But there were only a few tasks in the *temple building. Only a few priests ha...
WITHOUT THE INNER GATE. — _Without_ must here be understood in a different sense from the _without_ of Ezekiel 40:40, because this is expressly said to be “in the inner court;” it means, therefore, on...
וַ יְדַבֵּ֖ר אֵלָ֑י זֹ֣ה הַ לִּשְׁכָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ
THE IMPORT OF THE VISION WE have now reached the last and in every way the most important section of the book of Ezekiel. The nine concluding Chapter s record what was evidently the crowning experienc...
This final section must be studied in relation to all that has immediately preceded it, wherein the spiritual restoration and cleansing of the people had been foretold. The picture of the restored ord...
_Watch over the sacred ornaments, perfumes, lamps of the sanctuary, &c., Numbers iii. 28._...
The Reader will form a better calculation of the extent of this wonderful city, by considering what its dimensions were. A cubit for the sanctuary measurement, was one foot and nine inches; and if the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 40, 41, 42, AND 43. The remaining part of the prophecy is the establishment of His sanctuary in the midst of His people. The reader will perceive that we find...
AND HE SAID UNTO ME,.... The illustrious Person that appeared in a human form, measuring the several parts of the temple, said to the prophet, as follows: THIS CHAMBER, WHOSE PROSPECT IS TOWARD THE S...
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect [is] toward the south, [is] for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. Ver. 45. _For the priests._] Let none else intrude into them. Se...
_And without the inner gate_, &c. Houbigant, following the LXX., translates this verse thus: _And he brought me to the inner gate, where there were two chambers in the inner court; one at the northern...
And He said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house, that is, in charge of the Temple-buildings, superintendents of the en...
THE INNER COURT WITH ITS GATES, CELLS, AND SACRIFICIAL TABLES...
CHARGE: Or, ward, or, ordinance, and so ver. 46...
HE, who appeared with measuring line and reed, EZEKIEL 40:3. This chamber; this range of chambers, for this single number refers to the whole row, not to one particular chamber. FOR THE PRIESTS the so...
Ezekiel 40:45 said H1696 (H8762) This H2090 chamber H3957 faces H6440 H1870 south H1864 priests H3548 have...
THE CHAMBERS FOR THE PRIESTS (EZEKIEL 40:44). ‘And outside the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which were at the side of the north gate. And their prospect was towards the...
CONTENTS: Vision of the man with the measuring reed. The future temple and its service. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, sons of Zadok. CONCLUSION: A great and beautiful temple, framed in detail in the cou...
Ezekiel 40:1. _In the five and twentieth year of our captivity._ When the pious jews were dispirited, the Lord revived them with the hopes of a better temple than that which Solomon had built. This wh...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 40:28 Ezekiel’s guide then leads him into the inner court by way of the south gate (v. Ezekiel 40:28). The descriptions are briefer since the design is repeated from the
THE IDEAL TEMPLE OF THE FUTURE (Chap. 40) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 40:1. “IN THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH YEAR.” The fiftieth year from the 18th of Josiah, the year of his memorable passover (2 Kings 22:1...
EXPOSITION The magnificent temple-vision, as it is usually styled, a description of which forms the closing section of this book (Ezekiel 40-48.), was the last extended" word" communicated to the prop...
Ezekiel 40:44. _And outside the inner gate were apartments for the singers in the inner court, which were alongside the north gate, and looking toward the south; and one alongside the east gate, looki...
We want to get into the study of Ezekiel tonight, and right off the top I would like to confess to you that of all of the Bible and the passages in the Bible, I understand this the least. I do not pre...
1 Chronicles 6:49; 1 Chronicles 9:23; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Chronicles 13:11;...
The keepers — While, according to their courses, they had the charge of the house of God, and attended on the service of it....