Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 48:10
Toward the north ... toward the east ... - i. e., the measurements are “along the north and east sides,” etc.
Toward the north ... toward the east ... - i. e., the measurements are “along the north and east sides,” etc.
CHAPTER 48 _ 1. The portion of the seven tribes (Ezekiel 48:1) _ 2. The oblation for the sanctuary, for the city, and for the prince (Ezekiel 48:8) 3. The gates of the city and its new name (Ezekie...
EZEKIEL 48. THE TRIBAL ALLOTMENTS. The holy city, Jerusalem, with its environments is significantly regarded as the true centre, geographical no less than religious, of the country; but, as in point o...
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5....
_And for them … priests_ AND FOR THESE SHALL BE THE HOLY OBLATION, even FOR THE PRIESTS: ON THE NORTH … AND ON THE WEST … AND ON THE EAST … AND ON THE SOUTH....
The domain assigned to the priests. This is mentioned first, not because it actually borders on Judah the Levites border on Judah but because it is most important....
TOWARD THE NORTH, &C.— _Towards the north the length shall be five-and-twenty thousand cubits; likewise towards the south the length shall be five-and-twenty thousand cubits; and the breadth toward th...
_2. The sanctified portion (48:8-22_) TRANSLATION (8) And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the oblation which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in bre...
And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE NEW ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 33-48) So long as the Jewish kingdom remained in existence Ezekiel's prophecies (those in Ezekiel 1-24) dealt almost exclusively with the nation's sin, and with the certainty o...
God’s loyal priests lived in the area that surrounded the *temple. It would not be good if the priests lived far from other people. The priests might neglect to pray for the people. So in this ideal...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 48 THE SHARE OF THE COUNTRY FOR 7 *TRIBES TO THE NORTH – EZEKIEL 48:1-7 V1 ‘Her...
XLVIII. The closing chapter of Ezekiel is mainly occupied with the distribution of the land in detail. Beginning at the north, a portion is assigned to each of seven tribes (Ezekiel 48:1); then the “o...
וּ֠ לְ אֵ֜לֶּה תִּהְיֶ֣ה תְרֽוּמַת ־הַ קֹּדֶש
RENEWAL AND ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND Ezekiel 47:1; Ezekiel 48:1 IN the first part of the forty-seventh chapter the visionary form of the revelation, which had been interrupted by the important series of...
The disposition of the tribes in relation to the sanctuary was then given. On the north of the sacred land Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah were to find their possessions, an...
Here are directions, very largely given, for the different services of the several tribes, and their importance; of which we cannot now speak particularly. It is on these points, this striking prophec...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 47 AND 48. The last two Chapter s do not require any lengthened remarks. The waters that issue from the sanctuary represent the life-giving power that proceed...
AND FOR THEM, EVEN THE PRIESTS, SHALL BE THIS HOLY OBLATION,.... This holy portion of land, excepting that which is for the sanctuary, is to be for the use of the priests to build houses on to dwell i...
And for them, [even] for the priests, shall be [this] holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousan...
_The oblation ye shall offer unto the Lord_ For his sanctuary and priests: see Ezekiel 45:1: _shall be five and twenty thousand in length_ See note on Ezekiel 45:3. _Toward the north five and twenty t...
And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation, to yield dwelling-places for them, TOWARD THE NORTH FIVE AND TWENTY THOUSAND IN LENGTH AND TOWARD THE WEST TEN THOUSAND IN BREADTH AND...
THE DIVISION OF THE NEW CANAAN...
FOR THE PRIESTS; who are more particularly described EZEKIEL 48:11, which see. TOWARD THE NORTH; the north side, in length from north-east to north-west. TOWARD THE WEST; from south-west to north-west...
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“And for these, even for the priests, will be the holy Gift-offering. Towards the north twenty five thousand in length, and towards the west ten thousand in breadth, and towards the east ten thousand...
CONTENTS: Division of the land. The city and its gates. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, prince. CONCLUSION: The tribes of Israel will in the kingdom age be distributed according to the divine counsels by...
REFLECTIONS. In the forty fifth chapter, the prophet had begun to describe the division of the land, but being attracted by the astonishing waters of the river of life, he digressed to describe their...
_The Lord is there._ EZEKIEL’S LAST VISION The following are some of the principal heads of prophetic instruction intended by the vision. 1. That there was to be an entire new state of things in the...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 48:8 Much of this material has already been seen in Ezekiel 45:1 (see note there). The important addition is the location of the CITY and its
THE IDEAL ALLOTMENT OF THE HOLY LAND. (Chap. 48) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The order of the original occupation of the Holy Land by the tribes under Joshua is partly, but only partly, followed. It is a new or...
EXPOSITION The closing chapter of the prophet's temple-vision treats more particularly of the distribution of the land among the several tribes (Ezekiel 48:1), and concludes with a statement concerni...
CHAPTER 47:13-48:35 THE BOUNDARIES AND RE-DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND. As the whole of the representations contained in the preceding parts of the vision proceed on the basis of the old covenant, the se...
1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 9:14; Ezekiel 44:28; Ezekiel 45:4;...