"Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them."
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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...
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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...
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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...
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YET. Refers to the portion of service reserved for these Levites.
FOR THE PEOPLE i.e. the Nation. See note on ordinances", Ezekiel
43:18.
THEY SHALL STAND. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:8)...
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Such services shall not be performed by foreigners any more, but by
the Levites who formerly ministered at the high-places. Because of
their sin in leading the house of Israel astray they shall bear t...
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_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...
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And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went
astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall
even bear their iniquity.
the Levites that are gone away far from...
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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...
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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 g...
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וְ הָי֤וּ בְ מִקְדָּשִׁי֙
מְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔ים פְּקֻדֹּות֙ אֶל
־שַׁעֲרֵ֣י הַ בַּ֔יִת וּֽ
מְשָׁרְתִ֖ים אֶת ־הַ...
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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...
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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...
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_Slay. Levites might do this, but the priests poured the blood round
the altar, ver. 15. They could not well slay all the victims._...
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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...
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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...
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YET THEY SHALL BE MINISTERS IN MY SANCTUARY,.... Though degraded from
their office as priests and ministers of the word, yet being restored
from their sins and errors, shall have a place in the house...
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Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, [having] charge at the
gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the
burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shal...
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_No stranger shall enter into my sanctuary_ To offer any sacrifice or
oblation there, (see Ezekiel 44:7,) nor be suffered to go beyond the
precincts appointed for proselytes. _The Levites that are gon...
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THE STATUS OF THE PRINCE, THE LEVITES, AND THE PRIESTS...
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MINISTERS; servants, employed in the lowest and least honourable work.
IN MY SANCTUARY; not the temple itself, but about the courts of it.
HAVING CHARGE AT THE GATES; shall be porters to open and shut...
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Ezekiel 44:11 ministers H8334 (H8764) sanctuary H4720 gatekeepers
H6486 H8179 house H1004 ministers H8334 (H8764) house H1004 slay H7819
(H8799) offering H5930 sacrifice H2077 people H5971 stand H5975...
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THE NON-ZADOKITE PRIESTS ARE TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE INNER SANCTUARY
BECAUSE OF THEIR PREVIOUS PARTICIPATION IN IDOLATRY (EZEKIEL 44:10).
“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray,...
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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...
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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...
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_No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh,
shall enter into My sanctuary._
GOD’S CARE OF HIS ALTAR
Is not this rather severe upon the stranger? The injunction does not
rest upo...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 44:10 The LEVITES are gatekeepers and temple
attendants. These are suitable roles for a class of priests who had
previously failed in their sacred duties (v. Ezekiel 44:12).
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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. “THI...
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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 perf...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 29:34; 2 Chronicles 30:17; 2
Chronicles 35:10; 2 Chronicles 35:11; Ezekiel 40:45; Ezekiel 44:14;
Numbers 16:9; Numbers 18:6...
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Ministers — Servants employed in the lowest work. Sanctuary — Not
the temple itself, but about the courts of it. Having charge — They
shall be porters to open and shut, and sweep, and go on errands. T...