Ezekiel left the *temple building with the *angel. Then the *angel led
him out of the inner area. They went through the north inner gate
together. And then they were in the outer area again.
The *angel wanted to show Ezekiel the rooms that were between the
*temple’s outer and inner areas.... [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._
CHAPTER 42
BUILDINGS FOR THE PRIESTS – EZEKIEL 42:1-14
V1 Then the man led me north into the outer area. He brought me to
the rooms across from the *temple and its area. V2 This building... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel described two large buildings here. These buildings were wider
at the ground level than they were on the higher two floors. There was
a path between the buildings. The building on the side by the *temple
was twice the length of the other building. And one entered these
buildings from the out... [ Continue Reading ]
There were also buildings on the *temple’s south side, which matched
the buildings in verses 2-9.
Because of the position of these buildings, there was a space of 87
feet (30 metres) between the outer area and the inner area. The
ordinary people could not even come close to the walls of the inner
a... [ Continue Reading ]
The *angel explained the purpose of these rooms. The priests would eat
some parts of the *sacrifices. These *sacrifices were *holy. So the
priests ate them as part of their sacred duties (compare 1 Corinthians
11:23-29). And therefore, the priests could not take this food out of
the *temple. And the... [ Continue Reading ]
The above principle was also true about many other things, for
example, the priests’ *holy clothes. Ezekiel 44:17-19 contains the
rules about these clothes. The priests had to wear special clothes
when they carried out their duties in the inner area. But the priest
could not wear the same clothes wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel left the *temple by the east gate. Something astonishing would
soon happen at this gate. And afterwards, that gate would be for
special purposes only. The priests and the public would not use it
again.... [ Continue Reading ]
The *angel had taken Ezekiel out of the *temple for a particular
reason. Ezekiel needed to see that the *temple’s design was perfect.
So Ezekiel watched as the *angel measured each wall. There were the
outer walls that surrounded the *temple’s outer area. Ezekiel had
described the walls in 40:5.
Ez... [ Continue Reading ]