What does Ezekiel 45:12 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh."
THE SHEKEL - See the marginal reference. The “maneh” shall be of true weight, but it would seem that in Ezekiel’s time there were “manehs” of different value....
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...
AND THE SHEKEL, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25.Numbers 3:47; Numbers 3:47). App-92. SHEKEL. See App-51. GERAHS. See App-51. MANEH. See App-51....
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...
_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...
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. _ The shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fif...
45:12 maneh. (a-19) i.e. the mina, the sixtieth part of a talent. * It is the weight measure here, and equalled 60 shekels -- 20 + 25 + 15. As a gold coin it was valued at 50 shekels. see 1 Kings 10:1...
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...
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...
THE SHEKEL. — The first part of this verse is merely a re-statement of the old law (Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47) that the shekel should be of the value of twenty gerahs, or of the esti...
וְ הַ שֶּׁ֖קֶל עֶשְׂרִ֣ים גֵּרָ֑ה עֶשְׂרִ֨ים שְׁקָלִ֜ים חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שְׁקָלִ֗ים עֲשָׂרָ֤ה וַ חֲמִשָּׁה֙
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...
And the shekel [shall be] twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, (d) five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. (d) That is, sixty shekels make a weight called Mina, for he joins these th...
_Sicles. It would be shorter to say, "sixty sicles make a mna."_...
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 pries...
AND THE SHEKEL SHALL BE TWENTY GERAHS,.... This is a rule for money or coin; the shekel was a silver coin, and is generally reckoned about the value of two shillings and six pence of our money, so a g...
And the shekel [shall be] twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. Ver. 12. _And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs_] Exo 30:13 Lev 27:25 Numbers 3...
_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 PORTION OF THE PEOPLE...
Having laid down the standard for weight and measure in less valuable things, and that are sold for money, now the standard is set down for the current coin which passed among them, and the valuation...
Ezekiel 45:12 shekel H8255 twenty H6242 gerahs H1626 twenty H6242 shekels H8255 twenty-five H6242 H2568 shekels H8255 fifteen H2568 H6235 shekels H8255 mina H4488 the shekel - Exodus 30:13; Leviticus...
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 Israe...
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 RIGHTEOUSNESS. It recalls...
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...
Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47...