Ezekiel 44
1 The east gate assigned only to the prince.4 The priests reproved for polluting the sanctuary.9 Idolaters incapable of the priests office.15 The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto.17 Ordinances for the priests. the outward.So called in opposition to the temple itself, which was the inner sanctuary. 40:6,17; 42:14; 2Ch 4:9; 20:5; 33:5; Ac 21:28-30looketh.43:1,4; 46:1 because.43:2-4; Ex 24:10; Isa 6:1-5 for.46:2,8; 2Ch 23:13; 34:31the prince.It is probable that the prince mentioned here and elsewhere, does not mean the Messiah, but the ruler of the Jewish nation for the time being. For it is not only directed where he should sit in the temple, and eat his portion of the sacrifices, and when and how he should go out; but it is also ordered (ch. 45:22,) that at the passover he shall offer a bullock, a sin offering for himself and the people; and to guard him against any temptation of oppressing the people, he had a provision of land allotted to him, (ch. 45:8,) out of which he is to give an inheritance for his sons, (ch. 46:18.) These appear plainly to be political rules for common princes, and for a succession of them; but as no such rules were observed under the second temple, the fulfilment of it must still be future. 34:24; 37:25; Zec 6:12,13to eat.Ge 31:54; Ex 24:9-11; De 12:7,17,18; Isa 23:18; 62:9; 1Co 10:18-33Re 3:20he shall enter.40:9; 46:2,8-10 the way.40:20,40the glory.3:23; 10:4,18,19; 11:22,23; 43:4,5; Isa 6:3,4; Hag 2:7; Mal 3:1and I fell.1:28; 43:3; Ge 17:3; Nu 16:42-45; Ps 89:7; Re 1:17 mark well. Heb. set thine heart.40:4; Ex 9:21; *marg:De 32:46; 1Ch 22:19; 2Ch 11:16; Pr 24:32; *marg:Da 10:12concerning.43:10,11; De 12:32; Mt 28:20and mark well.Ps 119:4the entering.Ps 96:8,9; Ac 8:37 thou shalt say.2:5-8; 3:9,26,27let it suffice.45:9; 1Pe 4:3 ye have brought.9; 7:20; 22:26; 43:7,8; Le 22:25; Ac 21:28strangers. Heb. children of a stranger.Isa 56:6,7uncircumcised in heart.The introduction of uncircumcised persons to eat of the peace offerings and oblations, would have been a gross violation of the Mosaic law; but, as there was no law to exclude "the uncircumcised of heart," who were circumcised and ritually clean, this seems to point out a new and different constitution. Le 26:41; De 10:16; 30:6; Jer 4:4; 9:26; Ac 7:51; Ro 2:28,29Col 2:11-13when.Le 3:16; 21:6,8,17,21; 22:25; Mal 1:7,12-14; Joh 6:52-58the fat.Le 3:13-17; 17:11broken.Ge 17:14; Le 26:15; De 31:16,20; Isa 24:5; Jer 11:10; 31:32Heb 8:9 ye have not.Le 22:2-33; Nu 18:3-5; Ac 7:53; 1Ti 6:13; 2Ti 4:1charge. or, ward, or ordinance, and so ver.14,16; 40:45,46; 1Ch 23:32; Ezr 8:24-30 7; Ps 50:16; 93:5; Joe 3:17; Zec 14:21; Mr 16:16; Joh 3:3-5Tit 1:5-9 the Levites.15; 22:26; 48:11; 2Ki 23:8,9; 2Ch 29:4,5; Ne 9:34; Jer 23:11Zep 3:4; 1Ti 5:22bear.Ge 4:13; Le 19:8; Nu 5:31; Ps 38:4; Isa 53:11 they shall be.As few, if any, of those who, before the captivity, had been guilty in these respects, lived to witness the restoration of the temple service; and as it does not appear that their descendants were thus degraded for the idolatry of their ancestors; it is probable that a thorough reformation of the whole church, or the prevalence of pure religion among the converted Jews, is here predicted. having charge.14; 40:45; 1Ch 26:1-19shall slay.2Ch 29:34; 30:17; 35:10,11and they.Nu 16:9; 18:6 they ministered.1Sa 2:29,30; 2Ki 16:10-16; Isa 9:16; Ho 4:6; 5:1; Mal 2:8,9caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity. Heb. werefor a stumbling-block of iniquity unto, etc. 14:3,4therefore.20:6,15,23,28; De 32:40-42; Ps 106:26; Am 8:7; Re 10:5,6and they shall.10,13 they shall not.Nu 18:3; 2Ki 23:9bear.32:20; 36:7 Nu 18:4; 1Ch 23:28-32 the sons.40:46; 43:19; 48:11; 1Sa 2:35; 1Ki 2:35; 1Ti 3:3-10; 2Ti 2:2Re 2:1,8,12,18; 3:1,7,14,22when.10they shall stand.De 10:8; Zec 3:1-7the fat.7; Le 3:16,17the blood.Le 17:5,6 They shall enter.Re 1:6to my table.To place the shew-bread there. It is observable, that the table in the sanctuary is mentioned rather than the altar of incense; perhaps intimating the change in the external institutions of Divine worship which should take place before the accomplishment of the prophecy. It is not easy to determine, whether any external regulations, with respect to Divine ordinances, answerable to these predictions, will be made among the converted Jews, when reinstated in their own land, or not. 41:22; Mal 1:7,12keep.Nu 18:7,8; De 33:8-10 they shall.Ex 28:39,40,43; 39:27-29; Le 16:4; Re 4:4; 19:8 bonnets.Ex 28:40,41; 39:28; 1Co 11:4-10linen breeches.Ex 28:42,43; 1Co 14:40with anything that causeth sweat. or, in sweating places.Heb. in, or with sweat. they shall put.42:13,14; Le 6:10,11sanctify.46:20; Ex 29:37; 30:29; Le 6:27; Mt 23:17-19; 1Co 3:5,6 shave.Le 21:5-24; De 14:1nor suffer.Nu 6:5; 1Co 11:14 Le 10:9; Lu 1:15; 1Ti 3:8; 5:23; Tit 1:7,8 Neither.This was prohibited only to the high priest under the law; but is here extended to all the priests, perhaps to intimate the superior sanctity of the times to which it refers. a widow.Le 21:7,13,14; 1Ti 3:2,4,5,11,12; Tit 1:6put away. Heb. thrust forth.De 24:1-4that had a priest before. Heb. from a priest. 22:26; Le 10:10,11; De 33:10; Ho 4:6; Mic 3:9-11; Zep 3:4Hag 2:11-13; Mal 2:6-9; 2Ti 2:24,25; Tit 1:9-11 in controversy.This seems to intimate, that controversies, in the period predicted, will be generally decided by arbitration, according to the law of God; and not by litigations before human tribunals, according to the laws of man. De 17:8-13; 1Ch 23:4; 2Ch 19:8-10; Ezr 2:63they shall keep.1Ti 3:15in all.Le 23:1-44; Nu 28:1-29:40; Ne 8:1-18and they shall hallow.22:26; Isa 58:13,14 Le 21:1-6; 22:4; Mt 8:21,22; Lu 9:59,60; 2Co 5:16; 1Th 4:13-15 Nu 6:10-21; 19:11-13; Heb 9:13,14 unto the inner.17he shall offer.Le 4:3-35; 8:14-36; Nu 6:9-11; Heb 7:26-28 I am their inheritance.45:4; 48:9-11; Nu 18:20; De 10:9; 18:1,2; Jos 13:14,33; 1Pe 5:2-4 eatLe 2:3,10; 6:14-18,26,29; 7:6; Nu 18:9-11; 1Co 9:13,14; Heb 13:10dedicated. or, devoted.Le 27:21,28; *compared with:Nu 18:14 first. or, chief. all the first-fruits.Ex 13:2,12; 22:29; 23:19; Nu 3:13; 15:19-21; 18:12-18,27-30De 18:4; 2Ch 31:4-6,10; Ne 10:35-37; Jas 1:18that he may.De 26:10-15; Pr 3:9,10; Mal 3:10,11 Ex 22:31; Le 17:15; 22:8; De 14:21; Ro 14:20; 1Co 8:13
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