Ezekiel 45

Ezekiel 45:1

offer = heave up, See next note.

oblation = a heave offering. See note on Ezekiel 44:30.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Ih

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.

ten. The Septuagint reads twenty. Compare Numbers 35:2. Joshua 21:2.

Ezekiel 45:2

for the sanctuary : i.e. the outer court (Ezekiel 42:15-20). cubits. See App-51.

suburbs = void ground outside the outer court, to prevent contact.

Ezekiel 45:3

five and twenty thousand = about sixty or seventy miles, according to the length of the cubit.

most holy place = holy of holies.

Ezekiel 45:4

shall be = it [shall be].

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. with ’eth = Jehovah Himself. App-4.I.

Ezekiel 45:5

for = as.

for twenty chambers: or, of cities to dwell in.

Ezekiel 45:6

the whole house of Israel. Compare Ezekiel 48:19.

Ezekiel 45:7

before = in front of.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus saith, &c. See note on Ezekiel 44:9.

the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4,

and. Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit this “and”.

exactions = evictions. saith

the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah’s oracle.

Ezekiel 45:10

Ye shall have, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:36). ephah. See App-51., bath. See App-51.

Ezekiel 45:11

the tenth part. See the next note. homer. Hebrew. chomer: not to be confounded with ’omer. The former contained ten ephahs; the latter was one-tenth of an ephah. Compare Exodus 16:16.

Ezekiel 45:12

And the shekel, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 30:13, Leviticus 27:25. Numbers 3:47). App-92.

shekel. See App-51.

gerahs. See App-51.

maneh. See App-51.

Ezekiel 45:13

offer = offer up.

Ezekiel 45:14

cor. See App-51.

Ezekiel 45:15

fat pastures = well = watered land (Singular.) Compare Genesis 13:10.

meat offering = gift offering. See App-43. burnt offering. See App-43.

peace offerings. See App-43.

to make reconciliation. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 1:4). The same expression. App-92.

reconciliation = atonement.

Ezekiel 45:16

All the People of the land shall give this = All the People of the land shall be for, &c. The People will not offer individually. The prince will make the national offering for the People or nation as a whole. See note an “ordinances”, Ezekiel 43:18. There is no Hebrew for “give” here.

Ezekiel 45:17

And it shall be the prince’s part = But on the prince himself shall rest, &c. in all. Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic), Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “and in all”, thus completing the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6).

solemnities = appointed seasons.

he. The emphasis is thus marked,

sin offering. See App-43.

for the house of Israel. The People will thus offer through the prince. They are summed up in him.

Ezekiel 45:18

In the first month, in the first day of the month. See note on Genesis 8:13.

bullock. Reil to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:1-14). App-92.

Ezekiel 45:19

settle = ledge. See note on Ezekiel 43:14.

Ezekiel 45:20

month. The Septuagint adds “on the first day of the month”.

for every one, &c. They do not offer themselves. The sacrifices here are national, not individual. See note on Ezekiel 45:17 above, and on “ordinances”, Ezekiel 43:18.

simple = artless, undesigning.

reconcile = make atonement for.

Ezekiel 45:21

In the first month, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:19). App-92. This is the Feast of the Passover.

Ezekiel 45:22

for all the People. The People will not do it by families as heretofore, but the prince does it for the whole nation. See notes on verses: Ezekiel 45:17, Ezekiel 45:20, above, and Ezekiel 43:18.

Ezekiel 45:24

hin. See App-61.

Ezekiel 45:26

In the seventh month, &c. This is the Feast of Tabernacles. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 23:34). App-92.