Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 45:2
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.
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.
Verse Ezekiel 45:2. _OF THIS THERE SHALL BE FOR THE SANCTUARY_] See the plan, A. Ezekiel 48:35....
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 PRIESTS. (_Their estates._) A rectangular space, roughly eight miles by three, in the centre of which was the sanctuary, is to be reserved for the priests. Immediately north of this was an area of...
FOR THE SANCTUARY: i.e. the outer court (Ezekiel 42:15). cubits. See App-51. SUBURBS. void ground outside the outer court, to prevent contact....
In this sacred territory, more particularly, in the half of it assigned to the priests (Ezekiel 45:3), shall the sanctuary be situated, a square of 500, surrounded by a free space of 50 cubits on all...
_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...
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. No JFB commentary on these ver...
45:2 [reeds] (d-11) Cf. ch. 42.16....
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...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 45 THE *LORD’S PART OF THE COUNTRY – EZEKIEL 45:1-8 V1 ‘You will divide the cou...
The ideal *temple was in the middle of the square area. And the square area was in the middle of *Israel. This position showed its importance. God wants to be central (most important) in the lives of...
FIFTY CUBITS ROUND ABOUT. — In Ezekiel 42:16 the space of 500 reeds square is described, which was “for,” or belonged to, the sanctuary, to guard it from any profanation; but here we have, still farth...
יִהְיֶ֤ה מִ זֶּה֙ אֶל ־הַ קֹּ֔דֶשׁ חֲמֵ֥שׁ
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...
_Suburbs. Hebrew also, "vacant spaces."_...
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...
OF THIS THERE SHALL BE FOR THE SANCTUARY,.... Or temple, the house before described in the preceding Chapter s: FIVE HUNDRED IN LENGTH, AND FIVE HUNDRED IN BREADTH, SQUARE ROUND ABOUT: that is, five...
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred [in length], with five hundred [in breadth], square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. Ver. 2. _For the suburbs._...
_Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length,_ &c. If we understand these dimensions of _cubits_, it exactly agrees with the opinion of the Jews, that the temple stood in an area o...
THE PORTION OF THE LAND...
Of this there shall be for the Sanctuary, as shown in 42:20, FIVE HUNDRED IN LENGTH, WITH FIVE HUNDRED IN BREADTH, SQUARE ROUND ABOUT, AND FIFTY CUBITS ROUND ABOUT FOR THE SUBURBS THEREOF, as its envi...
SUBURBS: Or, void places...
OF THIS whole consecrate portion of twenty-five thousand cubits long, or twelve miles and half, and ten thousand broad, or five miles and little more. FOR THE SANCTUARY; for a platform for the sanctua...
Ezekiel 45:2 square H7251 (H8794) plot H5439 sanctuary H6944 five H2568 hundred H3967 five H2568 hundred H3967 fifty
THE ALLOTMENT OF THE SACRED PORTION. “Moreover when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you will offer a gift-offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length of...
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 42:16...
Of this — Whole portion of twenty five thousand cubits long, or twelve miles and half, and ten thousand broad, or five miles and a little more. For the sanctuary — For a platform for the sanctuary, bo...