Ezekiel 44:1
__ Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. _ No JFB commentary on this verse._... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. _ No JFB commentary on this verse._... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened - ( ; , "The key of the house of David will I lay up... [ Continue Reading ]
It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. The prince - not King Messiah, as He would not be likely to offer a burnt offering, as the prince is to do (). The prince... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN BROUGHT HE ME THE WAY OF THE NORTH GATE BEFORE THE HOUSE: AND I LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, THE GLORY OF THE LORD FILLED THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: AND I FELL UPON MY FACE. No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. ...... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. Uncircumcised in heart - Is... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. BUT YE HAVE SET KEEPERS OF MY CHARGE IN MY SANCTUARY FOR YOURSELVES - such as yourselves though fit, not such as I approve of. Or else, 'ye have not yourselves kept the charg... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; NO STRANGER, UNCIRCUMCISED IN HEART, NOR UNCIRCUMCISED IN FLESH, SHALL ENTER INTO MY SANCTUARY, OF ANY STRANGER THAT IS AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. _ No JFB commentary on this verse._... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. the Levites that are gone away far from me ... they shall even bear (namely, the punishment of) their iniquity. Yet they shall be ministers... [ Continue Reading ]
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: The priests the Levites, t... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. They shall be clothed with linen - symbolical of purity. Wool soon induc... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. Linen bonnets - turbans.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THEY GO FORTH INTO THE UTTER COURT, EVEN INTO THE UTTER COURT TO THE PEOPLE, THEY SHALL PUT OFF THEIR GARMENTS WHEREIN THEY MINISTERED, AND LAY THEM IN THE HOLY CHAMBERS, AND THEY SHALL PUT ON OTHER GARMENTS; AND THEY SHALL NOT SANCTIFY THE PEOPLE WITH THEIR GARMENTS. _ They shall not san... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. Neither shall they shave their heads - as mourners used to do, and as the Levitical priests were forbidden to do (Leviticus 21:1). The worshippers of the Egyptian idols Serapis and Isis shav... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. Neither shall any priest drink wine - lest the holy enthusiasm of their devotion should be mistaken for inebriation, as in Peter's case (; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT SHALL BE UNTO THEM FOR AN INHERITANCE: I AM THEIR INHERITANCE: AND YE SHALL GIVE THEM NO POSSESSION IN ISRAEL: I AM THEIR POSSESSION. I am their inheritance - ( , "THOU SHALT HAVE NO INHERITANCE IN THEIR LAND, NEITHER SHALT THOU HAVE ANY PART AMONG THEM: I AM THY PART AND THINE INHERITANC... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. Ye shall also give unto the priest the first of y... [ Continue Reading ]