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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 44:8

But ye have set keepers— And you make those who minister in my sanctuary, your own ministers. Houbigant.

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See also Ezekiel 44:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect. Ezekiel 44:4 THE NORTH GATE BEFORE THE HOUSE - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 44 _ 1. The outward eastern gate for the prince (Ezekiel 44:1) _ 2. The charge concerning the strangers and the rebellious tribes (Ezekiel 44:4) 3. The charge concerning the priests, the so...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LEVITES. The regulations that follow are among the most important in the book, and they have played a great part in the critical rearrangement of OT literature and the consequent reconstruction of...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    YE HAVE NOT KEPT, &c. See Ezekiel 40:46, &c. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. YOURSELVES: i.e. your own pleasure....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ye have set keepers_ Some would read: ye have _set them_keepers. This of course is the meaning. The change is hardly supported by LXX (as Well. p. 122)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _2. The qualifications of the temple ministers (44:4-14_) TRANSLATION (4) Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    44:8 things, (f-11) Or 'of my sanctuary,' but the word here is _ kodesh_ , as ver. 13; ch. 42.13. 'Sanctuary' here is _ mikdash_ ; see Exodus 25:8 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES Standing at the inner northern gate Ezekiel again saw the glory of God filling the Temple and was again addressed by the divine voice (Ezekiel 44:4). The Speaker first rebu...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 44 THE EAST GATE – EZEKIEL 44:1-3 V1 Then the man brought me back to the outer...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    A terrible thing had happened in *Israel. God had specially chosen the people in *Israel. He separated them from the other nations. He gave them his law. And he gave them his promises. But the people...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR YOURSELVES. — Comp. 1 Kings 12:31....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹ֥א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת קָדָשָׁ֑י וַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE PRIESTHOOD Ezekiel 44:1 IN the last chapter we saw how the principle of holiness through separation was exhibited in the plan of a new Temple, round which the Theocracy of the future was to be co...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The next section described the service of the new Temple. It commenced with the command that the eastern gate, through which Jehovah entered, must be kept closed, and that no man should be allowed to...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And ye have not kept the (c) charge of my holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. (c) You have not offered to me according to my Law....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Yourselves, out of ambition, contrary to the regulations of David. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here are very important commissions given to the Prophet to deliver to the people, all which are plain and express, and in which we find the sacred jealousy the Lord hath for his holy name and ordinan...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 44 makes known the fact that Jehovah is returned to His house, and the memorial of His having done so is preserved in that the door by which He entered is to remain for ever shut. The Prince a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND YE HAVE NOT KEPT THE CHARGE OF MINE HOLY THINGS,.... That is, have not kept and retained the holy doctrines of the Gospel; nor observed the holy ordinances of it, as they were first delivered: BU...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. Ver. 8. _For yourselves._] _Pro vestro arbitratu, non pro mea voluntate; _ as...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then he brought me by the way of the north gate of the house _ The east gate being shut. _And, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord_ As appeared by the light which shone through...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And ye have not kept the charge of Mine holy things, in treating the appointments of the Temple without the reverence which He demands; BUT YE HAVE SET KEEPERS OF MY CHARGE IN MY SANCTUARY FOR YOURSEL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE STATUS OF THE PRINCE, THE LEVITES, AND THE PRIESTS...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    CHARGE: Or, ward, or ordinance. And so verse 14. and 16...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    You have not observed the laws I gave you for the careful and exact keeping of my holy things; house, sacrifices, and worship. You have substituted others in your rooms, made officials, and surrogates...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 44:8 kept H8104 (H8804) charge H4931 things H6944 set H7760 (H8799) keep H8104 (H8802) charge...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And you shall say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, O you house of Israel, let all your abominations be sufficient for you, in that you have brought foreigner...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Gate for the prince. God's glory filling the temple. The priests. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, sons of Zadok, prince. CONCLUSION: In the great temple of Jehovah in the kingdom age, Israel sha...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 44:5. _Mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears._ Every thing seen in this vision of the temple, adumbrates celestial glory, and therefore demanded the most profound att...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _In that ye have brought into My sanctuary strangers._ THE RELATION OF THE STRANGER TO THE SERVICE OF THE TEMPLE What is reprobated is not of course allowing foreigners to present sacrifices to Jehov...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE RELATION OF PRINCE AND PRIESTS TO THE TEMPLE (Chap. 44) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 44:1. “THE GATE OF THE OUTWARD SANCTUARY”—the court of the priests as distinguished from the Temple itself. “THIS...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The prophet, having finished his account of the temple, or place of worship, proceeds, in the second section of his vision (Ezekiel 44-46.), to set forth the culture, or ritual, to be perfo...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    CHAPTER 44. ORDINANCES FOR THE PRINCE AND THE PRIESTHOOD. Ezekiel 44:1. _And he brought me again by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, that looks toward the east, and it was shut._ Ezekiel...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get to chapter 44, we come to a prophecy that is so often misinterpreted. And I must confess to you that I have often misinterpreted this prophecy. And as I read it more carefully and have r...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 23:32; 1 Timothy 6:13; 2 Timothy 4:1; Acts 7:53;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Have not kept — You have not observed the laws I gave you for the keeping of my holy things, house, sacrifices, and worship. Have set — You have substituted others in your rooms....

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