Entry of Jehovah into the house The measurements of the whole temple buildings being completed, the prophet sees Jehovah return to it by the E. gate, by which he had seen him leave it (ch. 11). The vision of the glory of the Lord was like that seen on former occasions (ch. 1 and 10). The chapter ha... [ Continue Reading ]
The glory of Jehovah enters the house by the E. gate. The sound of his chariot was as the sound of many waters, and his glory lightened the earth (Ezekiel 43:1). The prophet hears one speaking to him from the house and saying that the defilements to which the house had been exposed through idolatrie... [ Continue Reading ]
_and his voice_ and THE SOUND OF HIM WAS LIKE THE SOUND. Reference is to the sound made by the cherubim in their flight.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it_was _according to_ AND THE APPEARANCE WHICH I SAW WAS LIKE THE APPEARANCE WHICH I SAW WHEN I CAME the word "appearance" at the beginning of the verse being omitted. _I came to destroy_ Reference is to ch. 8 11. and the destruction of the city there seen in vision by the prophet. He was carr... [ Continue Reading ]
The glory of the Lord enters the house by the E. gate, by which he had departed from it, Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:22-23.... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet, who hitherto was at the E. gate outside (Ezekiel 43:1), is brought by the spirit into the inner court, from which he perceived the house to be filled with the glory of the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
_heard_him _speaking One_speaking. _and_the _man_ Possibly: and A MAN. No doubt the same man is meant as before. The prophet was transported into the inner court by the spirit, not led as in other instances by the man, who, however, reappears at his side. The man is merely the divine voice and word... [ Continue Reading ]
_the place of my throne_ THIS IS THE PLACE OF MY THRONE … FOR EVER: AND THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL SHALL NO MORE DEFILE. No change of reading is implied but the emphatic position of "the place" &c. requires to be expressed by some such word as "this is," or, "Behold." On "soles of my feet" cf. Isaiah 60:13... [ Continue Reading ]
Ref. is to the fact that the royal palace and the first temple stood virtually within the same enclosure and were one ensemble of edifice. See the sketch in W. R. Smith's Art. Temple, _Encyc. Brit_. _and the wall between_ WITH BUT THE WALL BETWEEN ME AND THEM; AND THEY DEFILED.…... [ Continue Reading ]
_ashamed of their iniquities_ i.e. in disregarding the ordinances of the Lord's house, in defiling it (Ezekiel 43:7), and in committing its services to the hands of uncircumcised aliens (Ezekiel 44:7), and the like. _measure the pattern_ LXX. has, "and its appearance and its pattern." Cf. Ezekiel 4... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet is commanded to shew to Israel the fashion and ordinances of the house that they may observe them.... [ Continue Reading ]
The verse seems overgrown with amplifications or repetitions. LXX. omits: "and the comings in thereof and all the forms thereof." The second "and all the forms thereof" seems an accidental misreading and consequent duplication of the following "and all the laws thereof." Cf. Ezekiel 44:5, where the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Upon the top … mountain_ Add: _shall it be_; the whole &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
The altar of burnt-offering in the inner court The altar was a large structure, built of stone, and rose in terraces, contracting by means of two inlets towards the top. It consisted: (1) of a basement, with a border or moulding on the top or edge of it. (2) Two cubits above this basement or socket... [ Continue Reading ]
The basement of the altar 13. _bottom_shall be _a cubit_ lit. its bottom a cubit, i.e. in depth or height, and so in breadth. The bottom, lit. _bosom_, appears to be the basement in which the altar proper was set; it was a cubit high and extended a cubit in breadth beyond the first block or stage o... [ Continue Reading ]
Two cubits up from the basement the fabric underwent the first contraction, being let in a cubit. Thus a ledge of a cubit broad was formed running all round the altar. A.V. appears to call this bench or ledge a "settle." The altar narrowed in dimension not gradually like an obelisk, but at two place... [ Continue Reading ]
_So the altar_ AND the altar, lit. the hearth of God (Isaiah 29:1). The word here is spelled harel (mount of God?), and in the next clause ariel (hearth of God). LXX. spells both alike, and probably they do not differ. The form ariel is also Moabite (Mesha inscr. l. 12, 17). From the second ledge up... [ Continue Reading ]
The preceding measurements have referred to height. Those referring to breadth or area are now given. The altar-hearth or platform was 12 cubits square. _four squares thereof_ FOUR SIDES thereof. So Ezekiel 43:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
The "settle" referred to here is the higher or greater one (Ezekiel 43:14). Its area was a square of 14 cubits. The verse appears to say that this uppermost ledge had a border and an "enclosure" or setting just as the basement had. If so the "setting" or bosom was that for the Harel arising out of t... [ Continue Reading ]
The general purpose of the altar. The burnt-offering was wholly consumed on the altar, of the other offerings only the fat.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 43:19 is somewhat elliptical, the writer's object being to advert specially to the difference betwee... [ Continue Reading ]
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_.).... [ Continue Reading ]
Blood was to be put on the four horns of the altar hearth, on the four corners of the (upper) settle, and on the border; see on Ezekiel 43:17. To "cleanse" is to purify from sin, to "un-sin," if such a word could be formed; and to "purge" is usually rendered "to make atonement for.... [ Continue Reading ]
The sin-offering was burnt wholly in a place outside the whole temple area, i.e. outside the space enclosed by the 500 cubits square wall (Ezekiel 42:16 _seq_.), possibly in the space of 50 cubits (Ezekiel 45:2) lying round the outer wall. Cf. Exodus 29:14; Leviticus 4:11; Leviticus 6:23; Leviticus... [ Continue Reading ]
The sin-offering for the second and following days was a HE-GOAT so read for "kid of the goats." On "cleanse" cf. Ezekiel 43:20. The ceremonies with the blood and the burning outside were no doubt the same as those on the first day, Ezekiel 43:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
The burnt-offering, following the sin-offering, was a young bullock and a ram.... [ Continue Reading ]
The burnt-offering was wholly consumed on the altar, salt being sprinkled on the flesh, Leviticus 2:13; Mark 9:49.... [ Continue Reading ]
The statement is somewhat general; strictly the he-goat was offered only on six days (Ezekiel 43:19), but the burnt-offering was the same all the seven.... [ Continue Reading ]
The ceremonial of consecrating the altar lasts seven days. On to "purge" cf. Ezekiel 43:20. _consecrate themselves_ consecrate IT, i.e. the altar, lit. fill its hand (or, hands). The phrase is properly said of the priests, to install; here of the altar, to inaugurate it. Originally the expression ha... [ Continue Reading ]