Ezekiel 46:1-24
<0559> [Thus saith.]
Whether the rules for public worship here laid down were designed to be observed in those things wherein they differed from the law of Moses, in the ministrations of the second temple, is not certain. In the latter history of the Jewish church, the law of Moses only was followed, except in the corruption of following the traditions of the fathers.
gate <08179> [The gate.]
The prophet had before observed that the east gate of the outer court was shut, and was told that it must only be opened for the prince; and now he is informed that the gate of the inner court on the east was also shut, and is to be opened only on the sabbath and new moons, till the evening.
closed <05462> [shall be shut.]
six working <04639 08337> [six working.]
Sabbath <07676> [on the sabbath.]
porch <0197> [the porch.]
doorpost <04201> [by the post.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
provide <06213> [prepare.]
Or, "offer," as the word {Æ’sah} frequently denotes. The whole of this seems to intimate the constant, reverential, and exemplary attendance of kings on the pure ordinances of religion, in the approaching flourishing days of the church.
bow <07812> [he shall worship.]
gate ............. gate ....................... gate ........ gate <08179> [but the gate.]
burnt offering <05930> [the burnt.]
The proportions of the burnt offerings, and also of the meat and drink offerings, are very different here form those prescribed in the Mosaic law. The meat offering, under the law, was only three tenths of an {ephah} to a bullock, two tenths for a ram, and one tenth for a lamb, with the fourth part of a {hin} of oil.
grain offering ........... grain offering <04503> [the meat.]
able ... give <03027 04991> [as he shall be able to give. Heb. the gift of his hand.]
enters .... come ............ go out <0935 03318> [he shall go.]
people <05971> [when the people.]
This may intimate, that every thing should be regulated, in divine worship, so as to prevent disorder and interruption, and also that men should go forward and make progress in religion, and not turn their backs upon God.
come before ......... enters .................... enters ........................... entered <06440 0935> [come before.]
come .......... enters ... way ............ way ....... enters ... way .......... way ........... way ...... entered <0935 01870> [he that entereth in.]
festivals <02282> [in the feasts.]
grain offering <04503> [the meat.]
freewill offering .......... voluntary offering <05071> [a voluntary.]
gate ...... opened ............................. gate <06605 08179> [open him.]
provide ............ did <06213> [as he did.]
daily <03117> [Thou shalt daily.]
It is observable, that there is nothing said about the evening sacrifice, or the additional lamb, morning and evening, on the sabbath, which makes an important difference between this and the old laws; and is probably an intimation of that change in the external forms of religion which the coming of the Messiah should introduce.
a year <01121 08141> [of the first year. Heb. a son of his year.]
morning ... morning <01242> [every morning. Heb. morning by morning.]
sixth <08345> [the sixth.]
perpetual <08548> [a continual.]
prince <05387> [If the prince.]
year <08141> [to the year.]
That is, the year of Jubilee, called the year of liberty, because there was then a general release: all servants had their liberty; and all alienated estates returned to their former owners.
prince <05387> [the prince.]
oppressively <03238> [thrust.]
inheritance ...... from their property ........ inheritance .... own possessions .............. property <05159 05157 0272> [inheritance out.]
people's ........................ people <05971> [my people.]
entrance <03996> [the entry.]
This entry was at the west side of the north gate of the inner court.
place <04725> [a place.]
This place was at the west corners of the inner court, or court of the priests; where they prepared the most holy things, the trespass and sin offering, which none but the priests might eat; that they might not "bear them out into the utter court, to sanctify the people," that is, by touching them incapacitate them from discharging their ordinary occupations.
boil ... guilt offering <01310 0817> [boil the trespass.]
bake ... grain offering <0644 04503> [bake the meat.]
holiness <06942> [to sanctify.]
court ........ corners .... court ....... every corner .... court ..... court <02691 04740> [in every corner of the court there was a court. Heb. a court in the corner of a court; and a court in a corner of a court.]
court .... courts <02691> [courts.]
These courts in the corners of the outer court, or court of the people, appear to have been a kind of uncovered apartments, surrounded with little chambers for the cooks, and used for dressing the peace offerings of the people. On these their families and friends feasted; and portions were sent to the poor, the widow, and the orphan; and thus the spirit of devotion preserved the spirit of mercy, charity, and benevolence, in the land.
small <07000> [joined. or, made with chimneys. corners. Heb. cornered.]
