Levites. Hebrew, "of the race of Levi, of the family of Sadoc." He had obtained the dignity under Saul, (Calmet) and after the deposition of Abiathar, under Solomon, (3 Kings ii. 26.; Haydock) his posterity always preserved it. (Calmet, Diss.) --- Calf. Thou shalt give it, or make known these rites to the priests. (Haydock) --- People are often said to do what they only command, as [in] ver. 20, &c.
Verse Ezekiel 43:19. _THE PRIESTS - THAT BE OF THE SEED OF ZADOK_] It was this Zadok that was put in the place of Abiathar, by Solomon, 1 Kings 2:35, in whose family the priesthood had continued ever...
THE SEED OF ZADOK - See Ezekiel 40:46 note....
II. THE TEMPLE WORSHIP (43-44) CHAPTER 43 _ 1. The return of the glory of the Lord and filling the house (Ezekiel 43:1) _ 2. The address to the nation (Ezekiel 43:10) 3. The dimensions of the alta...
THE ALTAR. In a system of worship based upon sacrifice, the altar is of special importance: its dimensions (Ezekiel 43:13) and consecration (Ezekiel 43:18) are therefore elaborately described. Approac...
THOU. Testifying to the share of Ezekiel "in the day when", &c. THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES. Referring to the distinction between the Levitical priests and all other priests (heathen, Israelitish, or tri...
The phrase "saith the Lord" adds solemnity to the statement that only the sons of Zadok shall minister at the altar (Ezekiel 44:15 _seq_.)....
Sacrifices and ceremonies by which the altar was consecrated and inaugurated The general purpose of the altar is to offer burnt-offerings upon and to sprinkle blood thereon. The statement in Ezekiel...
_2. The dedication of the altar (43:18-27_) TRANSLATION (18) And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to off...
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereo...
§ 2. THE ORDINANCES OF THE NEW ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 40-48) This concluding section of the book is dated in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity, i.e. the fourteenth year after the fall of Jerusalem...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 43 THE *GLORY OF GOD RETURNS TO THE *TEMPLE – EZEKIEL 43:1-12 V1 Then the man l...
At the opening of the original *temple, Solomon offered thousands of animals as *sacrifices (2 Chronicles 7:5). And some people may have thought that such great ceremonies were necessary in order to p...
THOU SHALT GIVE. — Ezekiel is not actually to do this, like Moses, as the appointed consecrator; but, as frequently in prophecy, he is told _to do_ that which he foretells is to be done. OF THE SEED...
וְ נָתַתָּ֣ה אֶל ־הַ כֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַ לְוִיִּ֡ם
THE SANCTUARY THE fundamental idea of the theocracy as conceived by Ezekiel is the literal dwelling of Jehovah in the midst of His people. The Temple is in the first instance Jehovah's palace, where H...
The prophet's next vision was of Jehovah's return to the Temple. Again he beheld a vision and heard a voice. The visions which he had seen by the river Chebar appeared again. The same glory on which h...
Here we have a further relation of the house, and the ordinances of it; and all with an eye to Christ; to whom all his people are priests, and ministering servants to the Church of the living God. And...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 40, 41, 42, AND 43. The remaining part of the prophecy is the establishment of His sanctuary in the midst of His people. The reader will perceive that we find...
AND THOU SHALT GIVE TO THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES, THAT BE OF THE SEED OF ZADOK,.... Who, in Solomon's time, was put in the room of Abiathar; see Ezekiel 40:46, his name signifies a "righteous" one, a ty...
And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. Ver. 19. _And thou sh...
_These are the ordinances of the altar_ Here we have directions concerning the dedication of the altar at first. Seven days were to be spent in the dedication of it, and every day sacrifices were to b...
And thou shalt give to the priests, the Levites, the descendants of Levi, THAT BE OF THE SEED OF ZADOK, of this line of the family, the other line having been discontinued since the time of Solomon, 1...
DESCRIPTION AND DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING...
THOU SHALT GIVE; direct or command that it be given; for the prophet could not bestow such a gift on them. THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES; explaining who were meant by the priests. ZADOK, who was put into Ab...
Ezekiel 43:19 give H5414 (H8804) young H1121 H1241 bull H6499 offering H2403 priests H3548 Levites...
THE SANCTIFYING AND CLEANSING OF THE ALTAR AND REINSTITUTION OF SACRIFICIAL WORSHIP (EZEKIEL 43:19). This process would take seven days. This was unlike the case of the sanctifying of the tabernacle,...
“You will give to the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me,” says the Lord Yahweh, “a young bullock for a sin offering, and you will take of its bl...
AND THOU SHALT doubtless these offerings will be memorial, looking back to the cross, as the offerings under the old covenant were anticipatory, looking forward to the cross. In neither case have ani...
CONTENTS: Vision of God's glory filling the temple. Place of the throne of the future kingdom. The altar and offerings. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: The glory of God shall retu...
Ezekiel 43:2. _Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east._ In Ezekiel 10:18, we read that the glory had departed from the ancient temple. Here it returns at the east gate, w...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 43:18 This section describes the purification rituals required for the altar before it is ready for regular use. ⇐...
THE CONSECRATION OF THE TEMPLE. (chap. 43) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 43:2. “BEHOLD, THE GLORY OF GOD.” As the Shechinah-glory was the peculiar distinction of the old Temple, so it was to be in the ne...
EXPOSITION The consecration of the new temple by the entrance into it of the glory of the God of Israel (Ezekiel 43:1), and a description of the altar with its dedication to the solemn ritual for whic...
The remaining verses of this chapter (Ezekiel 43:13-27), which contain a description of the altar of burnt-offering, and of the necessary rites of consecration connected with it, seem at first view so...
Now in chapter 43: He brought him then to the gate that looks toward the east (Ezekiel 43:1): This is at the bottom of your diagram. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of...
1 Kings 2:27; 1 Kings 2:35; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Samuel 2:35;...
Give — Direct, or command that it be given....