Afterward he brought me to the gate, [even] the gate that looketh toward the east: Ver. 1. _Afterwards he brought me._] _Non nisi dimenso prius montis ambitu._ The prophet saw not the glory of God till he had first seen the mount measured, the temple restored. Men must usually wait upon God in the... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice [was] like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. Ver. 2. _And behold the glory,_] _i.e., _ The vision of the glory. God, who by the east gate had left the temple and the city, Eze 10:19 d... [ Continue Reading ]
And [it was] according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, [even] according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions [were] like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. Ver. 3. _And it was according to the vision._] Being so much... [ Continue Reading ]
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east. Ver. 4. _And the glory of the Lord._] See Ezekiel 43:2 . _ By the way of the gate._] The ordinary entrance into the temple. There, if anywhere, God is to be found. Where should a man be sought... [ Continue Reading ]
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. Ver. 5. _So the spirit took me up._] Who was fallen upon my face. The lowly shall be lifted up. _ And brought me into the inner court._] As being a priest. So is every true believer.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I heard [him] speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. Ver. 6. _And I heard him speaking unto me._] The man Christ Jesus, standing by. Here, then, is a meeting and the mystery of the blessed Trinity; yea, here is a double mystery to be taken notice of, viz., those two wonderf... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of t... [ Continue Reading ]
In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. Ver. 8. _In their setting of their threshold by my th... [ Continue Reading ]
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. Ver. 9. _Now let them put away their whoredom._] So shall all be well between us. See Jer 3:1 Isaiah 1:18. _See Trapp on "_ Jer 3:1 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Isa 1:18 _"_ _... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. Ver. 10. _Show the house._] Heb., That house - _sc., _ Which I have showed thee in visions; the _idea_ of that temple which shall shortly be set up, its figure and... [ Continue Reading ]
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write [it] in their... [ Continue Reading ]
This [is] the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about [shall be] most holy. Behold, this [is] the law of the house. Ver. 12. _Upon the top of the mountain._] The Church is as a city on a hill, seen far and near, Mat 5:14 and the members of it are still asc... [ Continue Reading ]
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 thereof round about [shall be] a span: and this [shall be] the higher place of the altar. Ver. 13.... [ Continue Reading ]
And from the bottom [upon] the ground [even] to the lower settle [shall be] two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle [even] to the greater settle [shall be] four cubits, and the breadth [one] cubit. Ver. 14. _And from the bottom upon the ground._] This so exact measuring of... [ Continue Reading ]
So the altar [shall be] four cubits; and from the altar and upward [shall be] four horns. Ver. 15. _So the altar._] Heb., Hareel, the hill of God, or the only place of sacrifices. _ And from the altar._] Ariel, the lion of God; so called because the fire of this altar devoured the sacrifices, as a... [ Continue Reading ]
And the altar [shall be] twelve [cubits] long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. Ver. 16. _Square in the four squares thereof._] Christ, the Christian altar, is complete, firm, and fixed.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the settle [shall be] fourteen [cubits] long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it [shall be] half a cubit; and the bottom thereof [shall be] a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. Ver. 17. _And his stairs shall look toward the east._] As lea... [ Continue Reading ]
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 offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. Ver. 18. _These are the ordinances of the altar._] Christians also have their sacrifices, though of... [ Continue Reading ]
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 shalt give to the priests._] All this is to be understood spiritually, as being figuratively spoken.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put [it] on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. Ver. 20. _And thou shalt take of the blood._] Christ, as mediator, was consecrated and qualified for the work... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. _Ver. 2l. Without the sanctuary._] So Christ suffered without the gate. Heb 13:11-12... [ Continue Reading ]
And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse [it] with the bullock. Ver. 22. _And they shall cleanse the altar._] To set forth how Christ cleanseth and sanctifieth his people. Heb 9:19-24 Joh 17:1... [ Continue Reading ]
When thou hast made an end of cleansing [it], thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. Ver. 23. _Thou shalt offer._] See on Ezekiel 43:19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up [for] a burnt offering unto the LORD. Ver. 24. _And the priests shall cast salt upon them._] Christians must "have salt _a_ within themselves," Mar 9:50 and see to it that all their sp... [ Continue Reading ]
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat [for] a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. Ver. 25. _Every day a goat._] Mortification must be a Christian's daily practice.... [ Continue Reading ]
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. Ver. 26. _They shall purge._] Thou and they together. We must also sanctify the Lord God in our hearts. 1Pe 3:15... [ Continue Reading ]
And when these days are expired, it shall be, [that] upon the eighth day, and [so] forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 27. _It shall be upon the eighth day._] The services of mortified men sha... [ Continue Reading ]