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 some adopt here.
Verse Ezekiel 45:5. _AND THE FIVE AND TWENTY THOUSAND_] See the plan, B. 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...
FOR. as. FOR TWENTY CHAMBERS: or, of cities to dwell in....
Read: AND FIVE …, AND TEN … SHALL THE LEVITES HAVE. (The Keri is unnecessary). for _twenty chambers_ Probably with LXX.: FOR CITIES TO DWELL IN. Cf. same words Numbers 35:2; Joshua 14:4. In Ezekiel 4...
AND THE FIVE AND TWENTY THOUSAND, &C.— _And there shall be other five and twenty thousand of length, and ten thousand of breadth; and it shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, for them...
_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 the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. The Levites...
45:5 habitations. (e-34) Lit. 'gates of habitation.'...
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...
THE FIVE AND TWENTY.. THE TEN] omit the with RV. FOR TWENTY CHAMBERS] read with LXX, 'for cities to dwell in,...
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 *Levites also had homes near the *temple. But they were not as near as the priests. Some *Levites had offended God in the past. So now they had to be humble. They acted as servants in the *temple....
FOR A POSSESSION FOR TWENTY CHAMBERS. — Adjoining the priests’ portion of the oblation, another equal portion is assigned to the Levites. The last clause of the verse, as it stands, admits of no satis...
וַ חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה וְ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֨לֶף֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ ו
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...
_Chambers for the Levites on duty. Septuagint read, "towns." But only one seems to be specified, 18,000 cubits in circumference._...
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 THE FIVE AND TWENTY THOUSAND, OF LENGTH, AND TEN THOUSAND OF BREADTH,.... This seems to be another portion of the land, distinct from the former, though of the same measure; see Ezekiel 48:13: SH...
And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. Ver. 5. _Fo...
_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...
And the five and twenty thousand of length and the ten thousand of breadth, that is, another strip of the same size, SHALL ALSO THE LEVITES, THE MINISTERS OF THE HOUSE, as performing the minor service...
As we render the words they are a little clouded, but as they are rendered in the French they are plainer: we read them as if the verse spake of the same twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand bro...
Ezekiel 45:5 twenty-five H6242 H2568 thousand H505 long H753 ten H6235 thousand H505 wide H7341 Levites H3881 ministers
“And twenty five thousand in length by ten thousand in breadth shall be to the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a possession to themselves, for twenty chambers.” A further allocation of land i...
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...
1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 9:14; Ezekiel 40:17;...