PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON CHAPTER S 40-48.* * The reader is left to form his own judgment on the temple seen in vision by Ezekiel, from the various interpretations that I have given in the Preliminary Remarks, the Critical Notes, and the Reflections. "VITRINGA has proved, in two volumes in Dutch, and... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN YE SHALL DIVIDE BY LOT THE LAND— The land was first divided by lot under Joshua, a particular share of which was to be God's portion, as an acknowledgement of his sovereign dominion. See Lowth, Numbers 26:55 and the note on chap. Ezekiel 48:35 of this book. Instead of _offer an oblation,_ Houbi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 for a possession; twenty ranges of building:_ or, as some render the last clause, _for cities to dwe... [ Continue Reading ]
IT SHALL BE FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL— "This shall be the capital city, to which all the tribes shall resort upon the solemn festivals; which shall have twelve gates, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel." See Lowth, Revelation 11:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LENGTH SHALL BE, &C.— _Shall be answerable to every one of these portions on the west border, and on the east border._... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE LAND, &C.— _This shall be his possession of land in Israel. Ezekiel 45:16. Shall give this oblation for the prince_] All the people of the land shall be obliged to give this present, or offering, to the prince; not, as some will have it, _with the prince,_ for what the prince was to give foll... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE SEVENTH MONTH— _"_He shall do at the feast of tabernacles all the same things which have already been appointed for him to do on the passover." REFLECTIONS.—1st, The division of the land here directed is very different from that made by Moses and Joshua, and the extent of the country divided... [ Continue Reading ]