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Verse Ezekiel 45:10. _YE SHALL HAVE JUST BALANCES_] This appreciation
of _weights, measures_, and _money_ was intended to show them that
they must not introduce those to which they had been accustomed...
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A general exhortation to honesty, expressed by true weights and
measures (marginal references). This fitly introduces the strict
regulation of quantities in the prescribed offerings....
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CHAPTER 45
_ 1. The portions of the priests, the Levites, of the whole house of
Israel, and the prince (Ezekiel 45:1) _
2. Concerning the prince (Ezekiel 45:9)
3. The feast of Passover and the feas...
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THE PRINCE. (_His duties and rights._) The ominous allusion in Ezekiel
45:8 to the oppression of Israel by her kings in the past leads
Ezekiel to an earnest exhortation to have done with injustice and...
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YE SHALL HAVE, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:36). ephah.
See App-51., bath. See App-51....
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The dues to be given the prince, and his obligations to provide the
materials for the ritual.
Ezekiel 45:9 _seq_. The former unjust and irregular exactions of the
princes shall cease. These exactions...
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_1. The rights and duties of the prince (45:9-17_)
TRANSLATION
(9) Thus says the Lord GOD: Let it suffice you, O prince of Israel:
remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; ta...
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_IN THE LAND SHALL BE HIS POSSESSION IN ISRAEL: AND MY PRINCES SHALL
NO MORE OPPRESS MY PEOPLE; AND THE REST OF THE LAND SHALL THEY GIVE TO
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THEIR TRIBES._
No JFB comm...
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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...
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EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._
CHAPTER 45
THE *LORD’S PART OF THE COUNTRY – EZEKIEL 45:1-8
V1 ‘You will divide the cou...
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מֹֽאזְנֵי ־צֶ֧דֶק וְ אֵֽיפַת ־צֶ֛דֶק
וּ בַת ־צֶ֖דֶק יְהִ֥י לָכֶֽם׃...
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PRINCE AND PEOPLE
Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 46:1, PASSIM
IT was remarked in a previous chapter that the "prince" of the closing
vision appears to occupy a less exalted position than the Mes...
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Seeing that the priests were to have no inheritance, the next section
of the prophecy dealt fittingly with the method of their support.
After the distribution of the land, a description of which follo...
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Ye shall have just balances, and a just (c) ephah, and a just bath.
(c) Ephah and Bath are the same quantity save that an Ephah is a dry
measure and a Bath liquid, (Leviticus 5:11; 1 Kings 5:11)....
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Here are, precepts adapted to those that minister in the departments
of justice, suited to Israel at all times, and upon all occasions. If
the Reader wishes to know the proportion to our standard, in...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 AND 46.
The portion of the priests in the land is assigned them-close to that
of the sanctuary. The portion of the Levites was to adjoin that of the
pries...
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YE SHALL HAVE JUST BALANCES,.... That is, take care that true weights
and just measures be used in trade and commerce, that so one man may
not impose upon and cheat another; which is the business of t...
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Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Ver. 10. _Ye shall have just balances._] Lev 19:35-36 Proverbs 11:1;
Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Pro 20:23 Micah 6:10,11; _See Trap...
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_Let it suffice, O ye princes of Israel_ This is a reproof of the
oppressions of the former kings and their chief officers. The title of
_princes of Israel_ is to be understood of such princes as the...
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THE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE...
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YE; princes of Israel. SHALL HAVE: though they were not traders to
use, yet they must have, i.e. appoint, for to them as a privilege it
appertains to appoint standards for measure among their subjects...
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Ezekiel 45:10 honest H6664 scales H3976 honest H6664 ephah H374 honest
H6664 bath H1324
Leviticus 19:35-36; Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Proverbs 20:10,
Proverbs 21:3;...
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GOD'S WORD TO THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 45:9).
The Need For The Prince To Ensure Justice and Fair Weights and
Measures.
‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Let it be enough for you, O princes
of Israe...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's portion of the land and the prince's portion.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, prince.
CONCLUSION: In the kingdom age Israel will honor Jehovah with portions
of land set apart for divin...
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Ezekiel 45:18. _Thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and
cleanse the sanctuary._ In the ancient tabernacle all the vessels were
touched with blood, to purify and consecrate them to sacred...
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_Ye shall have Just balances._
GOD REQUIRES JUST DEALINGS
That our consciences may be enlightened and set right, we want a
standard, like the standard weights and measures that are kept in the
Tower...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 45:9 The direction to the prince to be
content with the land he owns inspires a sharp criticism in v. Ezekiel
45:9, and a call to exercise JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. It recalls...
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THE APPORTIONMENT OF TERRITORY AROUND THE TEMPLE (Chap. 45)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 45:1. “DIVIDE BY LOT”—not by
casting lots, but by allotment, the several portions being assigned
according to rul...
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EXPOSITION
From the sustenance of the priests (Ezekiel 44:29-26), the new Torah
naturally passes in the present chapter to the maintenance of the
temple service as a whole, setting forth in the first...
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CHAPTER 45.
THE SACRED ALLOTMENTS IN LAND AND GIFTS.
Ezekiel 45:1. _And when ye shall divide the land by lot, ye shall
offer an oblation to the Lord; an holy portion of the land, in length
five and...
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Now in chapter 45 he describes here the length and all of the city, of
the land itself. And it is described here as being,
in length twenty-five thousand reeds, and in breadth ten thousand
reeds. And...
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Amos 8:4; Leviticus 19:35; Leviticus 19:36; Micah 6:10; Micah 6:11;
Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Proverbs 21:3...