PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON CHAPTER S 40-48.* * The reader is left to form his own judgment on the temple seen in vision by Ezekiel, from the various interpretations that I have given in the Preliminary Remarks, the Critical Notes, and the Reflections. "VITRINGA has proved, in two volumes in Dutch, and... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE THE OFFERING, &C.— _Shall be the sacred portion which they shall set apart of five-and-twenty thousand cubits._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OBLATION, &C.— _The holy portion which you shall set apart: and so throughout the chapter._... [ Continue Reading ]
TOWARD THE NORTH, &C.— _Towards the north the length shall be five-and-twenty thousand cubits; likewise towards the south the length shall be five-and-twenty thousand cubits; and the breadth toward the east shall be ten thousand cubits, and toward the west ten thousand cubits; and,_ &c. Houbigant. S... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THE LEVITES, &C.— The word _Levites_ is here used in its greatest latitude, and comprehends the priests as well as those who are properly called Levites. Many of these had defiled themselves with idolatry; for which crime they were to be degraded from the honours and privileges due to those pries... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OVER AGAINST THE BORDER— _And beside the border._... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER AGAINST, &C.— _Beside the five-and-twenty thousand shall be common_ [_ground_] _for the city._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ON THE OTHER, &C.— _And on the other, of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city before the five-and-twenty thousand of the sacred portion, toward the east border: and westward, before the five-and-twenty thousand toward the west border; besides these portions shall be that belonging... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE POSSESSION—AND FROM— _Beyond the possession—and beyond._ Houbigant reads the verse thus, _After the possession of the Levites, and after the possession of the city, which shall be in the midst, shall be the portion of the prince; so that the prince may have that which shall be in the midst... [ Continue Reading ]
GREAT SEA— _Mediterranean sea._... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR INHERITANCE— "Since there is no doubt but that other things which are said in these Chapter s relating to the temple and the land of Israel are of a prophetical nature, it seems safer to determine, that the abovementioned measures were observed both in building the temple and in assigning the lo... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NAME OF THE CITY, &C. _THE LORD IS THERE_— _The Lord is its name._ Houbigant. Jerusalem never bore this name; and when it shall be established, according to the idea of Ezekiel, we are not assured that it shall be so named. It is very frequently said in Scripture, that a person or thing shall be... [ Continue Reading ]