Ezekiel 43:2
THE GLORY. in Ezekiel 11:23 he had seen this glory quitting the Temple. THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 29:23. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_, App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY. in Ezekiel 11:23 he had seen this glory quitting the Temple. THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 29:23. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_, App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. SAW. See Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 3:23. TO DESTROY. Hebrew idiom, by which the doer is said to do what he declares shall be done. See Ezekiel 9:1; Ezekiel 9:5. note on Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 14:9; Jeremiah 1:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE HOUSE, Not Solomon's Temple, but the Temple which he had been shown in vision (Ezekiel 11 and Ezekiel 42). THE GATE. Not the present gate on the east side of the Temple area, but that of the yet future Temple (Ezekiel 40:6; Ezekiel 40:42; Ezekiel 40:15; Ezek... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. See note on Ezekiel 8:3. Heb, _ruach_. App-9. THE MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. STOOD. = was standing.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. THE PLACE OF MY THRONE. The Ellipsis must be thus supplied: "[This is] the place", &c. Not the ARK, as in Solomon's Temple. There is no ark here. WHERE. WILL DWELL, &c. See Ezekiel 43:9; Ezekiel 37:26; Ezekiel 37:28. Eze 37:48, Eze 37:35.Psalms 68:18; Psalms 1... [ Continue Reading ]
SETTING, &c. Compare Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 23:39; Ezekiel 44:7. 2Ki 16:14, 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 21:4; 2 Kings 23:11 2 Kings 23:12. 2 Chronicles 33:4;... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and, Vulgate, read "Thou therefore". This is yet future, and involves the fulfilment of Ezekiel 37, for Ezekiel and for the whole nation. SKEW THE HOUSE... LET THEM MEASURE. This will he the evidence, to the new nation, that all this prophecy, and Ezekie... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. Supply "will be". UPON, &c. Compare Ezekiel 40:2; Ezekiel 42:20; Psalms 93:5.Joel 3:17; Zechariah 14:20; Zechariah 14:21.Revelation 21:27. MOST HOLY. the holy of holies, HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. BEHOLD. Figure of speech Asterismos [ Continue Reading ]
THE ALTAR. Hebrew. _mizbeach_. Same word as in Ezekiel 43:18. not the same as in verses: Ezekiel 43:15; Ezekiel 43:16. CUBITS. See App-51. HIGHER PLACE. the pit i.e. the ash-pit. Hebrew gab. anything curved or convex, from gabab. hollow, hollowed out,... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTOM. hollow. SETTLE. ledge. The Hebrew word in this sense occurs only here, verses: Ezekiel 43:17; Ezekiel 43:20; Ezekiel 43:19. The altar will be thus narrowed at the top (twelve cubits square). The height and breadth will be the same as Solomon's, except that this will have these ledges for th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ALTAR. the hearth. Hebrew. _ha harel_. the mount of El. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 43:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
STAIRS. Steps were forbidden in Ex. Ezekiel 20:26, but may be permitted here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH, &c. See note on 44. D. THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. THE ORDINANCES OF THE ALTAR. Compared with the Mosaic tabernacle, the ritual began with the consecration of the priests (Leviticus 8:1); here, they are already consecrated (verses: Ezekiel 43:19, Eze... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU. Testifying to the share of Ezekiel "in the day when", &c. THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES. Referring to the distinction between the Levitical priests and all other priests (heathen, Israelitish, or tribal). See note on Deuteronomy 17:9. SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. BULLOCK. See note o... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL BURN IT. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST SALT. This was not done in this case under the Mosaic law. Compare Leviticus 2:13. See App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURGE. atone for. CONSECRATE. See note on Exodus 29:41; Leviticus 9:17. THEMSELVES. it.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR... YOU: i.e. nationally, not individually. See note on "ordinance", &c., Ezekiel 43:18. I WILL ACCEPT YOU, Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 22:27; Deuteronomy 33:11). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]