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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-8

Directions are here given for the dividing of the land after their return to it; and, God having warranted them to do it, would be an act of faith, and not of folly, thus to divide it before they had it. And it would be welcome news to the captives to hear that they should not only return to their own land, but that, whereas they were now but few in number, they should increase and multiply, so as to replenish it. But this never had its accomplishment in the Jewish state after the return out... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:4

The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary ,.... That is, the rest of it, which is not for the sanctuary, shall be for the use of the priests that minister in holy things in the sanctuary; either the ministers of the Gospel, who shall have a sufficient maintenance from the churches of Christ, as the priests had under the law: or it may be meant of all the saints, who are priests unto God, and serve and worship him in his sanctuary; who shall all be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:5

And the five and twenty thousand, of length, and ten thousand of breadth ,.... This seems to be another portion of the land, distinct from the former, though of the same measure; see Ezekiel 48:13 , shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves ; separate from the priests, to whom they ministered, and were as numerous; or more numerous, than they; this is still designed to set forth the largeness of the church, and the great numbers of its members, who will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:6

And ye shall appoint the possession of the city , Which is something distinct from the house or temple, which was as the frame of a city, being so large, and consisting of so many parts, Ezekiel 40:2 and seems also different from the city in Ezekiel 48:30 , the measures of the one and of the other not agreeing. Starckius thinks that this city prefigures the academies that should be among Christians, in which the priests or ministers of the word should teach those that came out of all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 45:5

And the five and twenty thousand - See the plan, B. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-5

Devotement and consecration. In the ideal kingdom there was to be a certain portion of the land devoted to sacred objects—to the sanctuary of Jehovah and to the residence of his ministers. This was called "a holy portion;" it was "an oblation unto the Lord." Thus in the very heart of the metropolis, in the most commanding situation, on the very best possible site, there was an abiding witness of the presence and the claims of God, and a continual recognition of and response to those claims... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-8

The portions of land that should be allotted to the sanctuary, the city, and the prince. read more

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