King James Version
Ezekiel 45
25 verses with commentary
The Sacred District
Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. when: Heb. when ye cause the land to fall an holy: Heb. holiness
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Land division begins with a 'holy portion' set apart for the LORD—25,000 cubits by 10,000 (approximately 8.3 x 3.3 miles). Prioritizing sacred space teaches that God's dwelling and worship come first in national life. Land allocation reveals priorities. Setting apart the best for God demonstrates that He deserves first place, not leftovers.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
**XLV.**
This and the first part of the following chapter form a remarkable portion of the book. They first describe the setting apart of a large part of the whole land for the sanctuary, the priests, the prince, and the city, in a way and in a geographical position entirely unknown either in the past or the subsequent history of the people (Ezekiel 45:1-8). The portion assigned to the prince is t...
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**23. woe, woe unto thee, &c.--**This parenthetical exclamation has an awful effect coming like a lightning flash of judgment amidst the black clouds of Israel's guilt.
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Read full commentary →Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. suburbs: or, void places
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Of the holy portion, 500 x 500 cubits would be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits of open space around it. The buffer zone protected sanctuary holiness from common activities. Physical separation illustrated spiritual separation—God's holiness requires distinct space. This principle applies spiritually: maintaining clear boundaries between holy and common.
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(2) **Fifty cubits round about.—**In Ezekiel 42:16-20 the space of 500 reeds square is described, which was “for,” or belonged to, the sanctuary, to guard it from any profanation; but here we have, still farther, a narrow strip of 50 cubits wide (about 83 feet) of open space outside the wall to prevent the priests’ houses being built too close to the sacred precincts. The word *suburbs* is better ...
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**24. eminent place--**rather, "a fornication-chamber," often connected with the impure rites of idolatry; spiritual fornication, on "an eminent place," answering to "fornication-chamber," is mainly meant, with an allusion also to the literal fornication associated with it (Jr 2:20; 3:2).
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Read full commentary →And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
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The measured portion (25,000 x 10,000) contained both sanctuary and priests' dwelling. Those who served God's house lived on sacred land, supported by consecrated resources. This teaches that ministry support comes from God's provision through His people's worship. Those who serve the altar share in the altar (1 Corinthians 9:13-14).
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(3) **Of this measure.—**If the Hebrew text of Ezekiel 45:1 be preserved unchanged, we must understand this to refer to the whole oblation of 25,000 reeds broad which was in the prophet’s mind, though he does not speak of it until afterwards; this verse will then be a repetition of the latter part of Ezekiel 45:1, for the sake of specifying that the sanctuary was to be within it. The territory her...
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**25. at every head of the way--**in the most frequented places (Pr 9:14).
**thy beauty ... abhorred, ... opened ... feet to every one--**The wanton advances were all on Israel's part; the idolatrous nations yielded to her nothing in return. She had yielded so much that, like a worn-out prostitute, her tempters became weary of her. When the Church lowers her testimony for God to the carnal taste...
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Read full commentary →The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
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The holy portion designation—'This shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD'—allocates land for priestly support. The Hebrew קֹדֶשׁ (qodesh, 'holy portion') indicates consecrated territory, not common use. Priests receive this 'for houses, and for an holy place for the sanctuary.' The double p...
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**26. fornication with ... Egyptians--**alliances with Egypt, cemented by sharing their idolatries.
**great of flesh--**of powerful virile parts; figuratively for the gross and lustful religion of Egypt (for example, Isis, &c.), which alone could satisfy the abominable lust of Israel (Eze 20:7, 8; 23:19, 20, 21).
**to provoke me--**wantonly and purposely.
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Read full commentary →And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
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<strong>The five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves</strong>—this substantial land allocation (approximately 8.3 by 3.3 miles) for the <em>Leviyyim</em> (לְוִיִּם, Levites), described as <em>meshartei habayit</em> (מְשָׁרְתֵי הַבַּיִת, ministers of the house), demonstrates God's provision for those...
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(5) **For a possession for twenty chambers.—**Adjoining the priests’ portion of the oblation, another equal portion is assigned to the Levites. The last clause of the verse, as it stands, admits of no satisfactory explanation. The suggestion that it may refer to twenty out of the thirty chambers in the outer court of the sanctuary (Ezekiel 40:17) is quite out of place. Even if these were intended ...
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27. The consequent judgments, which, however, proved of no avail in reforming the people (Is 9:13; Jr 5:3).
**delivered thee unto ... Philistines--**(2Ki 16:6; 2Ch 28:18, 19).
**ashamed of thy lewd way--**The Philistines were less wanton in idolatry, in that they did not, like Israel, adopt the idols of every foreign country but were content with their own (Eze 16:57; Jr 2:11).
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Read full commentary →And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
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<strong>Ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long</strong>—this urban allocation (approximately 1.7 by 8.3 miles) for the <em>ir</em> (עִיר, city) parallels the priestly and Levitical portions, creating a balanced theocratic structure centered on worship and God's presence.<br><br><strong>Over against the oblation of the holy portion: it sha...
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(6) **The possession of** **the city.—**This portion, more particularly described in Ezekiel 48:15-20, is there called “a profane place,” though still constituting a part of the oblation. It was the same length and half the width of either of the other portions, and was for the city, and for a common possession of the nation, to supply food for those who “serve the city” “out of all the tribes of ...
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**28. unsatiable--**Not satisfied with whoredoms with neighbors, thou hast gone off to the distant Assyrians, that is, hast sought a league with them, and with it adopted their idolatries.
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Read full commentary →And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
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<strong>And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion</strong>—Ezekiel's temple vision allocates land to <em>the prince</em> (הַנָּשִׂיא, <em>hannasi</em>), a civil ruler distinct from the priesthood. Unlike Israel's corrupt monarchy that seized property (1 Kings 21), this prince receives designated territory flanking the sacred dis...
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(7) **For the prince.**—The portion here assigned to the prince included all the land between the northern and southern bounding lines of the “oblation” continued to the Jordan on the east, and the Mediterranean on the west, not already included within the “oblation” itself. Two pieces of land are thus given to him, separated from each other by the whole width (47⅓ miles) of the “oblation.” (See t...
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**29. multiplied ... fornication in ... Canaan unto Chaldea--**Thou hast multiplied thy idolatries "in Canaan" by sending "unto Chaldea" to borrow from thence the Chaldean rites, to add to the abominations already practised "in Canaan," before the carrying away of Jehoiachin to Chaldea. The name "Canaan" is used to imply that they had made Judea as much the scene of abominations as it was in the d...
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Read full commentary →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.
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God's land distribution promise—'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'—establishes justice. The Hebrew נָחֲלָה (nachalah, 'possession') indicates inherited property rights. The prohibition against oppression (Hebrew יָנָה, yanah—wrong, defraud, oppress...
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(8) **My princes shall no more oppress.—**The use of the plural does not imply that more than one prince should reign at a time, nor is it intended to include the family of the prince; but as everything in the future is described in terms of the past, so the royal authority is conceived of as vested in a succession of rulers, although we have been already told that there shall be but one king over...
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**30. weak ... heart--**Sin weakens the intellect ("heart") as, on the contrary, "the way of the Lord is strength to the upright" (Pr 10:29).
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Read full commentary →Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. exactions: Heb. expulsions
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God commands Israel's princes: 'Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice.' The Hebrew דַּי (dai, 'suffice') means 'enough!'—a divine rebuke against royal exploitation. Leaders had abused power, practicing חָמָס (chamas, 'violence') and שֹׁד (shod, 'spoil/plunder'), oppressing rather than protecting citizens. God demands מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat...
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(9) **Take away your exactions.—**Ezekiel 45:9-12 are an exhortation to the princes to observe justice in all their dealings. (Comp. Jeremiah 22:3.) “Exaction” is, literally, as in the margin, *expulsion,* or ejection, with allusion to such cases as 1Kings 21:1-16. In the following verses the exhortation to justice is extended to the whole people. (Comp. Leviticus 19:35-36; Deuteronomy 25:13-15.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
31. Repetition of Eze 16:24.
**not ... as ... harlot ... thou scornest hire--**Unlike an ordinary harlot thou dost prostitute thy person gratis, merely to satisfy thy lust. Jerome translates, "Thou hast not been as a harlot in scorning (that is, who ordinarily scorns) a hire offered," in order to get a larger one: nay, thou hast offered hire thyself to thy lovers (Eze 16:33, 34). But these verse...
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Read full commentary →Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
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<strong>Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath</strong>—God commands honest weights and measures using three Hebrew terms: <em>mo'znei-tsedeq</em> (מֹאזְנֵי־צֶדֶק, "balances of righteousness"), <em>eifat-tsedeq</em> (אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק, "ephah of righteousness"), and <em>bat-tsedeq</em> (בַּת־צֶדֶק, "bath of righteousness"). The emphatic repetition of <em>tsedeq</em> (righteousne...
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**32. instead of her husband--**referring to Nu 5:19, 20, 29. Fairbairn translates, "whilst under her husband."
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Read full commentary →The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
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The ephah (grain measure) and bath (liquid measure) <strong>shall be of one measure</strong> (מַתְכֹּנֶת אֶחָת, <em>matkonet echat</em>)—both one-tenth of a <em>homer</em> (חֹמֶר, ~220 liters). This standardization prevented merchants from exploiting different measurement systems for dry versus liquid goods. The Hebrew <em>matkonet</em> means "fixed proportion" or "standard," establishing uniformi...
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(11) **Shall be of one measure**.—The Ephah is first mentioned in Exodus 16:36, and appears to be a word of Egyptian origin; it was used for dry measure. The Bath is not met with before 1Kings 7:26, and was the largest of the liquid measures in use. The statement that these were of the same capacity, and each equal to the tenth part of the Homer, is important in the comparison of the Hebrew dry an...
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33-34. Israel hired her paramours, instead of being, like other harlots, hired by them; she also followed them without their following her.
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Read full commentary →And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
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<strong>The shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh</strong>—This defines the <em>shekel</em> (שֶׁקֶל, basic weight/currency unit) as 20 <em>gerahs</em> (גֵּרָה, smallest unit, ~0.57 grams), and the <em>maneh</em> (מָנֶה, "mina") as 60 shekels (20 + 25 + 15 = 60). Exodus 30:13 and Leviticus 27:25 already established the 20-gerah ...
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(12) **The shekel**.—The first part of this verse is merely a re-statement of the old law (Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47) that the shekel should be of the value of twenty gerahs, or of the estimated weight of 220 grains; but the latter part of the verse is extremely obscure. The *maneh* is mentioned elsewhere only in 1Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. vii 71, and is translated in our vers...
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33-34. Israel hired her paramours, instead of being, like other harlots, hired by them; she also followed them without their following her.
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Read full commentary →This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
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<strong>This is the oblation that ye shall offer</strong>—The <em>terumah</em> (תְּרוּמָה, "contribution" or "heave offering") consists of grain: <strong>the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat... and... barley</strong>. This specifies a tax rate of 1/60th (one-sixth of an ephah per homer, since an ephah is one-tenth of a homer). Unlike oppressive royal taxation (1 Samuel 8:15 warns of 10%...
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(13) **The oblation**.—Ezekiel 45:13-16 provide for a regular tax to be paid to the prince, in order that he may be able to furnish the required offerings at the sanctuary. This, like the oblation of land (Ezekiel 45:1), is described as a “heave offering,” and was the sixtieth part of the grain, the hundredth of the oil, and the two-hundredth of the flock, all being from the year’s increase.
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35. Here begins the threat of wrath to be poured out on her.
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Read full commentary →Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
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<strong>Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor</strong>—The oil contribution rate is 1/100th (since a <em>cor</em> (כֹּר) = 10 baths, the tenth of a bath per cor = 1%). The <em>chok</em> (חֹק, "ordinance" or "statute") for oil parallels the grain offering but at a lighter rate. Oil (שֶׁמֶן, <em>shemen</em>)—from olives, Israel's agr...
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(14) **The cor**.—This measure is first met with in 1Kings 4:22; 1Kings 5:11; 2Chronicles 2:10; 2Chronicles 27:5, and is here fixed as exactly equal to the “Homer.” In the English it is always translated elsewhere *measure.*
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**36. filthiness--**literally, "brass"; metaphor for the lowest part of the person [Calvin]. English Version is better: thy filthy lewdness is poured out without restraint (compare Jr 13:27). As silver is an emblem of purity, brass typifies "filthiness," because it easily contracts rust. Henderson explains it, "Because thy money was lavished on thy lovers" (Eze 16:31, 33, 34).
**blood of thy chi...
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Read full commentary →And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD. lamb: or, kid peace: or, thank offerings
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<strong>And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel</strong>—The livestock contribution rate is 0.5% (1 sheep per 200), the lightest tax yet. The Hebrew <em>tso'n</em> (צֹאן, "flock") and <em>mimishqeh</em> (מִמִּשְׁקֵה, "fat pastures," literally "place of watering") emphasize God's blessing—abundant flocks in well-watered land. This lamb serves three purpo...
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**37. thy lovers--**the Chaldeans and the Assyrians. The law of retribution is the more signally exemplified by God employing, as His instruments of judgment on Israel, those very nations whose alliance and idols Israel had so eagerly sought, besides giving her up to those who had been always her enemies. "God will make him, who leaves God for the world, disgraced even in the eyes of the world, an...
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Read full commentary →All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. shall: Heb. shall be for for: or, with
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<strong>All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel</strong>—The Hebrew <em>kol-am ha'aretz</em> (כָּל־עַם הָאָרֶץ, "all the people of the land") emphasizes universal participation in supporting the prince's liturgical function. Unlike ancient Near Eastern systems where kings taxed subjects for personal enrichment, here the people <em>voluntarily contribute</em> (י...
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**38-40. judge thee, as women that break wedlock--**(Le 20:10; compare Eze 16:2). In the case of individual adulteresses, stoning was the penalty (Joh 8:4, 5). In the case of communities, the sword. Also apostasy (De 13:10) and sacrificing children to Molech (Le 20:1-5) incurred stoning. Thus the penalty was doubly due to Israel; so the other which was decreed against an apostate city (De 13:15, 1...
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Read full commentary →And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. peace: or, thank offerings
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The prince's responsibility—'to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths... to make reconciliation for the house of Israel'—indicates royal funding of public worship. The Hebrew כִּפֵּר (kipper, 'make reconciliation') means atonement, covering sin. While priests offered sacrifices, the prince provided them—demonstrating...
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(17) **The prince’s part**.—The prince, receiving these contributions from the people, was bound to provide the offerings on the various stated occasions of sacrifice. This is an entirely new feature, for the Mosaic law made no provision in regard to the source from which the festal sacrifices were to be obtained. What had been left to free-will offering now becomes established duty.
**Shall prepa...
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**38-40. judge thee, as women that break wedlock--**(Le 20:10; compare Eze 16:2). In the case of individual adulteresses, stoning was the penalty (Joh 8:4, 5). In the case of communities, the sword. Also apostasy (De 13:10) and sacrificing children to Molech (Le 20:1-5) incurred stoning. Thus the penalty was doubly due to Israel; so the other which was decreed against an apostate city (De 13:15, 1...
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
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<strong>Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary</strong>—Annual sanctuary cleansing: בָּרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ (bārîshôn bĕʾeḥād laḥōdesh, 'in the first [month], on the first of the month')—Nisan 1, beginning the religious year (Exodus 12:2).<br><br>פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר תָּמִים (par ben-b...
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(18) In the first month, in the first day of the month.—The rest of this and the first fifteen verses of the following chapter are occupied with the ritual of the sacrifices on certain special occasions. In each case the deviations from the Mosaic law are remarkable, as well as the omission of any mention of the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and of the Great Day of Atonement. Ezekiel, as a priest, mu...
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**38-40. judge thee, as women that break wedlock--**(Le 20:10; compare Eze 16:2). In the case of individual adulteresses, stoning was the penalty (Joh 8:4, 5). In the case of communities, the sword. Also apostasy (De 13:10) and sacrificing children to Molech (Le 20:1-5) incurred stoning. Thus the penalty was doubly due to Israel; so the other which was decreed against an apostate city (De 13:15, 1...
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Chapter 45
An encouragement sent to Baruch.
Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, see Jr 36, and was threatened for it by the king. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in the service of God. These complaints and fears came from his corruptions. Baruch had raised his expectatio...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
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<strong>And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house</strong>—The כֹּהֵן (kōhēn, 'priest') takes מִדַּם הַחַטָּאת (middam haḥaṭṭāʾt, 'from the blood of the sin offering') and applies it to מְזוּזַת הַבַּיִת (mĕzûzat habbayit, 'doorposts of the house').<br><br><strong>And upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of th...
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41. The result of the awful judgment shall be, when divine vengeance has run its course, it shall cease.
**burn--**(De 13:16; 2Ki 25:9).
**women--**the surrounding Gentile nations to whom thou shalt be an object of mocking (Psa 137:7).
**I will cause thee to cease ... harlot--**(Eze 23:27). Thou shalt no longer be able to play the harlot through My judgments.
**thou ... shall give ... no h...
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Chapter 45
An encouragement sent to Baruch.
Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, see Jr 36, and was threatened for it by the king. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in the service of God. These complaints and fears came from his corruptions. Baruch had raised his expectatio...
Read full commentary →And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
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<strong>And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple</strong>—The cleansing repeats בַּשִּׁבְעָה בַחֹדֶשׁ (bashivʿāh baḥōdesh, 'on the seventh of the month') for שֹׁגֶה (shōgeh, 'one who errs/sins unintentionally') and פֶּתִי (petî, 'simple/naive one').<br><br>This addresses unintentional sin and ignorance-based sin. Even inadvertent viola...
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(20) so shall ye reconcile the house.—The object of “the sin offering” on the first day of the month is expressly said to be to “cleanse the sanctuary” (Ezekiel 45:18); but here the offering is for “every one that erreth, and for him that is simple,” *i.e.,* for all who have sinned thoughtlessly rather than wilfully. Yet it is added, “so shall ye reconcile the house,” more literally, make an atone...
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**42. my fury ... rest--**when My justice has exacted the full penalty commensurate with thy awful guilt (see on Eze 5:13). It is not a mitigation of the penalty that is here foretold, but such an utter destruction of all the guilty that there shall be no need of further punishment [Calvin].
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Chapter 45
An encouragement sent to Baruch.
Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, see Jr 36, and was threatened for it by the king. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in the service of God. These complaints and fears came from his corruptions. Baruch had raised his expectatio...
Read full commentary →In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
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<strong>In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten</strong>—Passover timing: בָּרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ (bārîshôn bĕʾarbaʿāh ʿāśār yôm laḥōdesh, 'in the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month')—Nisan 14, exact date of original Passover (Exodus 12:6, 18).<br><br>חַג שָׁבֻעו...
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43. (Eze 16:22; Psa 78:42). In gratitude for God's favors to her in her early history.
**fretted me--**(Is 63:10; Ep 4:30).
**thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations--**that is, this the wickedness (compare Zec 5:8), peculiarly hateful to God, namely, spiritual unchastity or idolatry, over and "above" (that is, besides) all thine other abominations. I will put it out o...
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Chapter 45
An encouragement sent to Baruch.
Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, see Jr 36, and was threatened for it by the king. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in the service of God. These complaints and fears came from his corruptions. Baruch had raised his expectatio...
Read full commentary →And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
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<strong>And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering</strong>—The נָשִׂיא (nāśîʾ, 'prince') offers for himself and כָּל־עַם הָאָרֶץ (kol-ʿam hāʾāreṣ, 'all the people of the land') a פַּר חַטָּאת (par ḥaṭṭāʾt, 'bull for sin offering').<br><br>The prince's role differs from Mosaic high priest but includes representative sacrif...
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(22) **A bullock for a sin offering.**—In Ezekiel 45:21 the Passover is appointed quite in accordance with the Mosaic institution, although there is a peculiarity in the language of the original which has led some writers to infer, unnecessarily, that the feast was to be kept for seven weeks. But the sacrifices are in many respects quite different. Nothing is said of the Paschal lamb itself: but t...
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**44. As ... mother ... her daughter--**"Is," and "so is," are not in the original; the ellipsis gives the proverb (but two words in the Hebrew) epigrammatic brevity. Jerusalem proved herself a true daughter of the Hittite mother in sin (Eze 16:3).
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Chapter 45
An encouragement sent to Baruch.
Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, see Jr 36, and was threatened for it by the king. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in the service of God. These complaints and fears came from his corruptions. Baruch had raised his expectatio...
Read full commentary →And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
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<strong>And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days</strong>—During Passover week, daily offerings: שִׁבְעַת יָמִים (shivʿat yāmîm, 'seven days'), שִׁבְעָה פָרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֵילִים תְּמִימִם (shivʿāh phārîm wĕshivʿāh ʾêlîm tĕmîmim, 'seven bulls and seven rams without blemish') לַיּוֹם (layyôm, 'daily...
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**45. mother's ... that loatheth her husband--**that is, God ("haters of God," Ro 1:30); therefore the knowledge of the true God had originally been in Canaan, handed down from Noah (hence we find Melchisedek, king of Salem, in Canaan, "priest of the most high God," Ge 14:18), but Canaan apostatized from it; this was what constituted the blackness of the Canaanites' guilt.
**loathed ... children...
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Chapter 45
An encouragement sent to Baruch.
Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, see Jr 36, and was threatened for it by the king. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in the service of God. These complaints and fears came from his corruptions. Baruch had raised his expectatio...
Read full commentary →And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
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<strong>And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah</strong>—Grain and oil accompany animal sacrifices: אֵיפָה (ʾêphāh, 'ephah'—about 22 liters) of flour per bull/ram, הִין שֶׁמֶן (hîn shemen, 'hin of oil'—about 3.8 liters) per ephah flour.<br><br>These measurements ensure proper proportions—worship done decently and in ord...
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**46. elder sister ... Samaria--**older than Sodom, to whom Judah was less nearly related by kindred than she was to Samaria. Sodom is therefore called her younger sister; Samaria, her "elder sister" [Grotius]. Samaria is called the "elder," because in a moral respect more nearly related to Judah [Fairbairn]. Samaria had made the calves at Dan and Beth-el in imitation of the cherubim.
**her daug...
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Chapter 45
An encouragement sent to Baruch.
Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, see Jr 36, and was threatened for it by the king. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in the service of God. These complaints and fears came from his corruptions. Baruch had raised his expectatio...
Read full commentary →In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
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<strong>In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil</strong>—Feast of Tabernacles: בַּשְּׁבִיעִי בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ (bashĕvîʿî baḥămishāh ʿāśār yôm laḥōdesh, 'in the seventh [month], on the fift...
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(25) **In the seventh month.—**This corresponds to the Feast of Tabernacles, though the name is not mentioned, doubtless because the custom of living in booths is to be discontinued. The sacrifices at this feast are to be the same as at the Passover, and are to be repeated for each day of the feast. There is in this an entire change from the peculiar ordinances of the Mosaic law (Numbers 29:12-24)...
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**47. their abominations--**Milcom and Chemosh, the "abominations of Ammon and Moab" (1Ki 11:5, 7).
**corrupted more than they--**So it is expressly recorded of Manasseh (2Ki 21:9).
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Chapter 45
An encouragement sent to Baruch.
Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and reading them, see Jr 36, and was threatened for it by the king. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in the service of God. These complaints and fears came from his corruptions. Baruch had raised his expectatio...
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