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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 45:2

Of this there shall be for the sanctuary ,.... Or temple, the house before described in the preceding chapters: five hundred in length, and five hundred in breadth, square round about : that is, five hundred reeds square, as is manifest from Ezekiel 42:16 , and this denotes the largeness, perfection, and stability of the church of Christ, which the sanctuary was a type of: and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof ; which were a void place of fifty cubits round about the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:3

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand ,.... Not that the sense is, that of and according to the cubit measure last mentioned, this length and this breadth should be measured; but "after this measure", as Starckius renders it, and as the particle is rendered, Daniel 11:23 and which Sanctius mentions; and Jerom seems to have understood it in this light: and the sense is, that after he had finished the measure of five... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 45:2

Of this there shall be for the sanctuary - See the plan, A. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 45:3

And of this measure - See the plan, A, B, C, D, E. 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:2

Of this district , either of 25,000 x 10,000, or 25,000 x 20,000 reeds, according to the view taken of Ezekiel 45:1 , there should be measured off for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth. The supplement here also, Keil, Kliefoth, Plumptre, and others consider to be "reeds," since obviously the whole temple with its precincts is intended ( Ezekiel 42:16-20 ), though Hengstenberg and Schroder prefer "cubits," holding the sanctuary to be the temple buildings... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:3

And of this measure shalt thou measure . As above explained, if מִן , "of," be taken as equivalent to "from," i.e. deducted from, then the whole "measure" in Ezekiel 45:1 must have been 25,000 x 20,000 reeds; but if, as Ewald translates, it may signify "after," "according to," then the text in Ezekiel 45:1 will not require to be altered (see on Ezekiel 45:1 ), and the present verse will be merely a reiteration of the statement in Ezekiel 45:1 that the priests' portion should be... read more

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