CHAPTER XLVI _Ordinances of worship prescribed for the prince and for the_ _people_, 1-15; _and the gifts he may bestow on his sons and servants_, 16-18. _A description of the courts appointed for boiling or baking any_ _part of the holy oblations_, 19-24. NOTES ON CHAP. XLVI... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:4. _THE BURNT-OFFERINGS THAT THE PRINCE SHALL OFFER_] The _chief magistrate_ was always obliged to _attend the public worship_ _of God_, as well as the _priest_, to show that the _civil_ and _ecclesiastical_ states were both under the same government of the Lord; and that no one was... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:7. _ACCORDING AS HIS HAND SHALL ATTAIN UNTO_] According to his ability, to what the providence of God has put in his hand, i.e., his power. This proportion of offerings is different from that prescribed by the Mosaic law, Numbers 15:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:9. _HE THAT ENTERETH IN BY THE WAY OF THE NORTH, C._] As the _north_ and the _south_ gates were opposite to each other, he that came in at the north must go out at the south he that came in at the south must go out at the north. No person was to come in at the _east_ gate, because t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:10. _AND THE PRINCE IN THE MIDST OF THEM_] Even _he_ shall act in the same way: he must also go straight forward, and never turn his back to go out at the same gate by which he entered. The prince and the people were to begin and end their worship at the same time.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:13. _THOU SHALT PREPARE IT EVERY MORNING._] The _evening_ offering is entirely omitted, which makes an important difference between this and the old laws. See Exodus 29:31-2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:17. _TO THE YEAR OF LIBERTY_] That is, to the year of _jubilee_, called the _year of liberty_, because there was then a general release. All servants had their liberty, and all alienated estates returned to their former owners.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:19. _HE BROUGHT ME THOROUGH THE ENTRY_] The prophet had entered by the north gate of the court of the priests, where he had seen, a little before, the glory of the Lord, and where he had received all those directions from Ezekiel 44:4, to this chapter. From that gate, (see plan Q.)... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:20. _THE TRESPASS-OFFERING_] Part of this, and of the sin-offering, and the flour-offering was the portion of the priests. See Numbers 18:9-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 46:23. IT WAS _MADE WITH BOILING PLACES_] These were uncovered apartments, where they kept fires for dressing those parts of the peace-offerings, which were made in the temple by individuals through a principle of devotion. On these their families and their friends feasted; and portion... [ Continue Reading ]