Ezekiel 45:1
TEN THOUSAND] RM 'twenty thousand.' _Reeds_] should be 'cubits'.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEN THOUSAND] RM 'twenty thousand.' _Reeds_] should be 'cubits'.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LANDS FOR THE PRIESTS, LEVITES, PRINCE, AND CITY The division of the whole country is described in ch. 48, which includes the substance of the present passage, and shows the position of these lands in relation to those of the tribes. The holy portion (Fig. 7, _a b g h_) was to be 25,000 cubits l... [ Continue Reading ]
_And_ THE MOST HOLY _place_] RV 'which is most holy.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIVE AND TWENTY.. THE TEN] omit the with RV. FOR TWENTY CHAMBERS] read with LXX, 'for cities to dwell in,... [ Continue Reading ]
For details of this portion see Ezekiel 48:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS HAND.. UNTO] RV 'he is able.' _(E) VARIOUS REGULATIONS FOR WORSHIP (EZEKIEL 46:9)_ No one was to leave the outer court by the gate by which he came in. If he entered by the N. gate he must go out by the S. and _vice versa_ (Ezekiel 45:9). The prince and the people were to enter and leave togeth... [ Continue Reading ]
The prince in the midst of them.. shall go IN] RV 'the prince.. shall go in in the midst of them.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRINCE'S DUES AND OBLIGATIONS The oppressive exactions of the former rulers were to be unknown in the restored Israel. Weights and measures were to be just and correct. The prince was to receive from the people a sixtieth of their wheat and barley, a hundredth part of their oil, and one in two... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EPHAH (dry measure) and the bath (liquid measure) were each the tenth of an homer.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY SHEKELS.. MANEH] read with LXX, 'five (shekels) shall be five, and ten shekels ten, and fifty shekels shall be your maneh'. A shekel was 20 gerahs, and a maneh 50 shekels or 1,000 gerahs. Voluntary] RV 'freewill offering, a.' VOLUNTARILY] RV 'as a freewill offering.' _(F) THE DAILY BURNT OF... [ Continue Reading ]
1 in 60: see Ezekiel 45:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
COR] equivalent to 'homer'. The proportion Isaiah 1 in 100. TEMPER WITH] RV 'moisten', MEAT OFFERING] RV 'meal offering': so in Ezekiel 45:15. _(G) GIFTS OF LAND BY THE PRINCE (EZEKIEL 46:16)_ Such gifts could only be made from the Prince's own possessions (Fig. 7, _PP_). If they were given to hi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OFFERINGS AT THE SACRED SEASONS, ETC (This whole passage should be compared with Numbers 28:29.) _(A) THE ATONEMENT FOR THE SANCTUARY (EZEKIEL 45:18)_ This was to take place twice yearly, on the first days of the first and seventh months. These two days in Ezekiel serve the same purpose as th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEVENTH _day_ OF THE MONTH] LXX 'in the seventh month, on the first day of the month'. Reconcile] RV 'make atonement for.' _(B) THE PASSOVER (EZEKIEL 45:21)_ With these regulations cp. Exodus 12:18; Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 9:2; Deuteronomy 16:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOINED OF] RV 'inclosed',... [ Continue Reading ]
PLACES OF THEM THAT BOIL] RV 'boiling houses.' Kid of the goats] RV 'he-goat.' _(C) THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES (EZEKIEL 45:25)_ This was to hold the same place in the seventh month as the Passover in the first month: cp. Leviticus 23:34; Numbers 29:12; Deuteronomy 16:13. Ezekiel makes no mention of... [ Continue Reading ]