Ezekiel 45 - Introduction
This chapter describes the portion of territory reserved for the priests, in the middle of which is to be the temple with its courts and precincts, for the Levites, for the city, and for the prince.... [ Continue Reading ]
This chapter describes the portion of territory reserved for the priests, in the middle of which is to be the temple with its courts and precincts, for the Levites, for the city, and for the prince.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY LOT - Not by casting lots, but by “allotment,” the several portions being assigned by rule Joshua 13:6. OBLATION - The oblation (properly “heaveoffering”) was regarded as the Lord’s portion Leviticus 27:30. This “oblation” is given here as part of the provision made for the priests, and was proba... [ Continue Reading ]
The “sanctuary” here probably means the whole temple precincts. SUBURBS - literally, as margin. To mark out more distinctly the sacred precincts, a vacant space of fifty cubits was left on all sides.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR A POSSESSION FOR TWENTY CHAMBERS - literally, “For a possession twenty chambers,” possibly twenty out of the thirty chambers in the outer court Ezekiel 40:17, and assigned for their use during residence in the sanctuary. The Septuagint reads “for cities to dwell in” (compare Numbers 35:2) which... [ Continue Reading ]
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 reeds, and the city portion 5,000 reeds. make in all 25,000 reeds from north to south. The measure of... [ Continue Reading ]
On either side of the 25,000 reeds a strip of land, running westward to the sea, eastward to the Jordan, formed the possession of the prince (see Ezekiel 46:18 note). For the other tribes the limits from west to east are the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan Ezekiel 48:8. Ezekiel 45:7 AND THE LENGT... [ Continue Reading ]
The princes are exhorted to execute judgment, and abstain from “exaction” (literally “ejection”) such as that of Naboth by Ahab 1 Kings 21:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
A general exhortation to honesty, expressed by true weights and measures (marginal references). This fitly introduces the strict regulation of quantities in the prescribed offerings.... [ Continue Reading ]
The ephah was in use for dry measure, the bath for liquid. The homer seems to have contained about 75 gallons (see Exodus 29:40, note; Leviticus 19:36, note). AFTER THE HOMER - i. e., according to the standard of the homer.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SHEKEL - See the marginal reference. The “maneh” shall be of true weight, but it would seem that in Ezekiel’s time there were “manehs” of different value.... [ Continue Reading ]
The offerings. to be made by the people through the prince for the service of the sanctuary. In the Mosaic Law the offerings for the sacrifices of the ordinary festivals were left to the free will of the people. Here they are reduced to regular order and the amounts ordained. In later days there wer... [ Continue Reading ]
This order of certain solemn services does not follow exactly the order of Moses, of Solomon, or of Ezra. The deviation can scarcely have been accidental, and furnishes a fresh indication that the whole vision is symbolic, representative of the times when, after the oblation of the one Sacrifice, re... [ Continue Reading ]