INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 46 This chapter treats of the shutting of the eastern gate of the inner court on working days, and opening it on sabbaths and new moons, for the prince and people to worship in, Ezekiel 46:1, gives a further account of the sacrifices of both at these seasons, and of their di... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... Which is premised, to raise the greater attention to what is about to be said: the gate of the inner court that looketh towards the east; the eastern gate of the inner court; the court of the priests, where stood the altar of burnt offerings, and where they offered the s... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PRINCE SHALL ENTER BY THE WAY OF THE PORCH OF THAT GATE WITHOUT,.... That is, by the way of the porch of the eastern gate, even the outermost gate of the porch; for, as every gate had a porch, so every porch had two gates, one at one end, and the other at the other; now this was the outermos... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKEWISE THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND SHALL WORSHIP AT THE DOOR OF THIS GATE BEFORE THE LORD,.... Publicly, and in a spiritual manner; attending the ministration of the word and ordinances with constancy and fervency; praying to God, praising his name, and hearing his word with attention; and performing a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE BURNT OFFERING THE PRINCE SHALL OFFER UNTO THE LORD IN THE SABBATH DAY,.... In Ezekiel 45:17, it is said to be the prince's part to give and prepare sacrifices in the feasts, new moons, sabbaths, and all solemnities; and there follows an account of them, for New Year's Day, and for the feast... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE MEAT OFFERING SHALL BE AN EPHAH FOR A RAM,.... Ezekiel 45:24: AND THE MEAT OFFERING FOR THE LAMBS AS HE SHALL BE ABLE TO GIVE; or, and "the gift of his hand" k; it was fixed and stinted under the law, Numbers 28:9, but now should be free and voluntary, and according to the ability of the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON IT SHALL BE A YOUNG BULLOCK WITHOUT BLEMISH,.... This is also different from the law of Moses, which required two young bullocks and a ram, and seven lambs, Numbers 28:11, whereas here only one bullock: AND SIX LAMBS, AND A RAM; THEY SHALL BE WITHOUT BLEMISH; and her... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL PREPARE A MEAT OFFERING, AN EPHAH FOR A BULLOCK, AND AN EPHAH FOR A RAM,.... Ezekiel 45:24: AND FOR THE LAMBS ACCORDING AS HIS HAND SHALL ATTAIN UNTO, AND AN HIN OF OIL TO AN EPHAH; Ezekiel 46:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE PRINCE SHALL ENTER, HE SHALL GO IN BY THE WAY OF THE PORCH OF THAT GATE,.... Ezekiel 46:2; AND HE SHALL GO FORTH BY THE WAY THEREOF; the same way he came in, he shall go out; not so the people; and, to introduce the manner of their going in and out, this is repeated concerning the prin... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND SHALL COME BEFORE THE LORD IN THE SOLEMN FEASTS,.... To worship the Lord, to pray and praise; to honour the Lord, and keep the solemn feast of love, the Lord's supper: HE THAT ENTERETH IN BY THE WAY OF THE NORTH GATE TO WORSHIP SHALL GO OUT BY THE WAY OF THE SOUTH GA... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PRINCE IN THE MIDST OF THEM,.... Christ in the midst of his people while worshipping; this situation of him agrees with all the descriptions of him; as the Angel in the midst of the bush on fire, and not consumed; as among the myrtle trees in the bottom; as walking in the midst of his golden... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN THE FEASTS, AND IN THE SOLEMNITIES,.... Or, "appointed times" l; for public worship, for the ministration of the word and ordinances, which are feasts and solemn seasons; Ezekiel 45:15. Kimchi observes a difference between these two; and that though all feasts are called solemnities, or fixe... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW WHEN THE PRINCE SHALL PREPARE A VOLUNTARY BURNT OFFERING, OR PEACE OFFERINGS VOLUNTARILY UNTO THE LORD,.... That is, on week days, distinct from sabbath days, new moons, feasts, and solemnities, of which before; and seems to have respect to week day lectures, in distinction from the weekly and m... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT DAILY PREPARE A BURNT OFFERING UNTO THE LORD,.... Called the daily sacrifice, Daniel 8:11 typical of Christ's sacrifice, which has a continual daily virtue in it, to take away the sins of his people; and which ought to be looked unto faith, and pleaded by them for that purpose every day J... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT PREPARE A MEAT OFFERING FOR MORNING,.... That is, for the daily burnt offering to go along with it; prayer and thanksgiving for our temporal and spiritual food, which should be done every morning: THE SIXTH PART OF AN EPHAH, AND THE THIRD PART OF AN HIN OF OIL, TO TEMPER WITH THE FIN... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SHALL THEY PREPARE,.... This shows that not a single person is meant in the preceding verses, but all the Lord's people; who are all priests unto God, and who are to offer up daily spiritual sacrifices unto him: THE LAMB, AND THE MEAT OFFERING, AND THE OIL EVERY MORNING, FOR A CONTINUAL BURNT... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... Having finished the account of the sacrifices of the prince and people, the monthly, weekly, and daily ones; here his gifts are treated of, which are two fold; some given to his sons, others to his servants: IF THE PRINCE GIVE A GIFT TO ANY OF HIS SONS; Christ, the Prin... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF HE GIVE A GIFT OF HIS INHERITANCE TO ONE OF HIS SERVANTS,.... Who are not his sons, but his hired servants, and who serve him in a mercenary way; such are unregenerate ministers of the word, who preach Christ in pretence, and not in reality, for by ends, to serve themselves, and not him, or t... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER THE PRINCE SHALL NOT TAKE OF THE PEOPLE'S INHERITANCE BY OPPRESSION, TO THRUST THEM OUT OF THEIR POSSESSION,.... Christ, the Prince, will never do this; he will never take any part of his people's inheritance from them, or thrust them out of the possession of any benefit or blessing of grac... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER HE BROUGHT ME THROUGH THE ENTRY, WHICH WAS AT THE SIDE OF THE GATE,.... The north gate of the inner court, where the prophet was last, Ezekiel 44:4, through an entry, by the side of that, he was brought by the man his guide: INTO THE HOLY CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS; see Ezekiel 42:13: AND, BEHO... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID HE UNTO ME,.... Declaring what this place was, and what it was for: THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THE PRIESTS SHALL BOIL THE TRESPASS OFFERING, AND THE SIN OFFERING; this was the priests' kitchen, in which they prepared the sacrifices that were to be eaten; and which were typical of Christ, who... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN HE BROUGHT ME FORTH INTO THE UTTER COURT,.... From the holy chambers of the priests, and from viewing the place where they boiled the sacrifices, and baked the meat offering: AND CAUSED ME TO PASS BY THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE COURT; in each of the four corners of the outward court there was anot... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE COURT THERE WERE COURTS JOINED,.... To the side walls of the outward court, which met in right angles: or, "were made with chimneys" r, as some render it; that the smoke of the fire of the kitchens in them, and the steam of the boiled flesh, might ascend through them. So t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE WAS A ROW OF BUILDING ROUND ABOUT IN THEM,.... Within the courts, not on the outside of them: these were either chambers to eat the sacrifices in when boiled; or they were sheds which covered the cooks, and the meat they were boiling, from the rain, c.: the Targum renders it, "and walls w... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID HE UNTO ME, THESE ARE THE PLACES OF THEM THAT BOIL,.... The kitchens, in which those whose business it was to boil the sacrifices did it; and who they were are next declared: WHERE THE MINISTERS OF THE HOUSE SHALL BOIL THE SACRIFICE OF THE PEOPLE; these seem to be the Levites, as distinct... [ Continue Reading ]