Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Ezekiel 45:11
the tenth part. See the next note. homer. Hebrew. chomer: not to be confounded with. omer. The former contained ten ephahs; the latter was one-tenth of an ephah. Compare Exodus 16:16.
the tenth part. See the next note. homer. Hebrew. chomer: not to be confounded with. omer. The former contained ten ephahs; the latter was one-tenth of an ephah. Compare Exodus 16:16.
The ephah was in use for dry measure, the bath for liquid. The homer seems to have contained about 75 gallons (see Exodus 29:40, note; Leviticus 19:36, note). AFTER THE HOMER - i. e., according to th...
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 PRINCE. (_His duties and rights._) The ominous allusion in Ezekiel 45:8 to the oppression of Israel by her kings in the past leads Ezekiel to an earnest exhortation to have done with injustice and...
The dues to be given the prince, and his obligations to provide the materials for the ritual. Ezekiel 45:9 _seq_. The former unjust and irregular exactions of the princes shall cease. These exactions...
The homer is assumed as the standard both for liquid and dry measures. The ephah was a tenth of the homer, dry measure; and the bath a tenth of the homer, liquid measure, Isaiah 5:10....
_1. The rights and duties of the prince (45:9-17_) TRANSLATION (9) Thus says the Lord GOD: Let it suffice you, O prince of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; ta...
_IN THE LAND SHALL BE HIS POSSESSION IN ISRAEL: AND MY PRINCES SHALL NO MORE OPPRESS MY PEOPLE; AND THE REST OF THE LAND SHALL THEY GIVE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THEIR TRIBES._ No JFB comm...
THE PRINCE'S DUES AND OBLIGATIONS The oppressive exactions of the former rulers were to be unknown in the restored Israel. Weights and measures were to be just and correct. The prince was to receive...
False measurements were a frequent *sin in *Israel (Micah 6:11). The true standards come from God (Proverbs 16:11). He is angry when traders cheat their customers. But these rules were not just for tr...
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...
SHALL BE OF ONE MEASURE. — The Ephah is first mentioned in Exodus 16:36, and appears to be a word of Egyptian origin; it was used for dry measure. The Bath is not met with before 1 Kings 7:26, and was...
הָ אֵיפָ֣ה וְ הַ בַּ֗ת תֹּ֤כֶן אֶחָד֙
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...
_The ephi and the bate. These measures were of equal capacity; but the bate served for liquids, and the ephi for dry things, (Challoner) ver. 13, 14. (Worthington) --- Ezechiel specifies the measures,...
Here are, precepts adapted to those that minister in the departments of justice, suited to Israel at all times, and upon all occasions. If the Reader wishes to know the proportion to our standard, in...
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...
THE EPHAH AND THE BATH SHALL BE OF ONE MEASURE,.... The one held as much of dry things as the other of liquor; which, according to Bishop Cumberland, were seven wine gallons, four pints, and a little...
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. Ver. 11....
_Let it suffice, O ye princes of Israel_ This is a reproof of the oppressions of the former kings and their chief officers. The title of _princes of Israel_ is to be understood of such princes as the...
The ephah and the hath shall be of one measure, of the same cubic content, THAT THE BATH MAY CONTAIN THE TENTH PART OF AN HOMER AND THE EPHAH THE TENTH PART OF AN HOMER, the homer thus being the large...
THE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE...
One shall contain as much as the other, the ephah shall contain as many gallons of dry, as the bath doth contain of liquid things. AN HOMER is commonly said to be thirty bushels, or near it. So that t...
Ezekiel 45:11 ephah H374 bath H1324 same H259 measure H8506 bath H1324 contains H5375 (H8800) one-tenth H4643 homer
GOD'S WORD TO THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 45:9). The Need For The Prince To Ensure Justice and Fair Weights and Measures. ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Let it be enough for you, O princes of Israel...
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 45:9 The direction to the prince to be content with the land he owns inspires a sharp criticism in v. Ezekiel 45:9, and a call to exercise justice and
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...
Isaiah 5:10...