Ezekiel 40:1

THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH YEAR. See table on p. 1106. THE BEGINNING. Probably Abib or Nisan. THE CITY WAS SMITTEN. The fall of Jerusalem is thus fixed as happening in the eleventh year of the CAPTIVITY. See the table on p. 1103. THE HAND. Compare Ezekiel 3:14. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 40:2

VISIONS OF GOD. Compare Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 43:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. THE LAND OF ISRAEL. One of the three occurrences in Ezekiel with _'erete_ instead of _'admath_. See notes on Ezekiel 27:17. and compare note on Ezekiel 11:17. UPON. VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN. Compare Ezekiel 17:... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 40:5

BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asteriamos_. App-6, ON THE: or, went on. THE HOUSE: i.e. the Temple. CUBITS. See App-51., HE MEASURED. In Blithe measurements the unit is one-seventh longer than Solomon's Temple, pointing to the eighth, the day of God. Seven speaks of completion. Eight speaks of. new b... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 40:8

HE MEASURED, &c. Verse. is not found in the Septuagint, Syriac, or Vulgate. It may be the latter clause of Ezekiel 40:7 copied again through human infirmity.... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 40:16

NARROW. latticed. Compare Ezekiel 41:16, Eze 41:26, 1 Kings 6:4. ARCHES. projections, or porches. INWARD: or, within. UPON. against. PALM TREES. Artificial. Compare Ezekiel 41:18.... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 40:17

LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6. CHAMBERS. attachments. Always rendered "chambers", except, 1 Samuel 9:22, where it is "parlour". These chambers or storerooms are for the priests and Levites, and for the tithes and offerings. Not the same word as in verses: Ezekiel 40:7; Ezekiel 40:7; Ezeki... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 40:22

SEVEN STEPS. These are the steps to the outer gates, and distinct from the "eight" of the inner court. Neither have anything to do with the fifteen steps of the "Songs of the Degrees". See App-67.... [ Continue Reading ]

Ezekiel 40:24

THESE MEASURES. This phrase is repeated in verses: Ezekiel 40:28; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:32, Eze 28:33, Eze 28:35. showing the conformity of the whole plan.... [ Continue Reading ]

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