King James Version
What Does Ezekiel 45:24 Mean?
“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.”
Context
22
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
23
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.
24
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.
25
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.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**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 daughters--**the inferior towns subject to Samaria (compare Nu 21:25, Margin).
**left--**The Orientals faced the east in marking the directions of the sky; thus the north was "left," the south "right."
**Sodom ... daughters--**Ammon and Moab, offshoots from Sodom; also the towns subject to it.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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