エゼキエル書 44:15 JCB

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:4-16

Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect.Ezekiel 44:4The north gate before the house - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of their former idolatries Ezekiel 8:3.Ezekiel 44:5Mark well - The careful arrangements made had all been intended to keep the temple and its surroundings from profanation. Hence, attention to these particulars is enjoined.Ezekiel 44:7Strangers - This refers especially to the sin of unauthorized and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 44:15-16

Ezekiel 44:15-16. The priests the Levites The Levites who are priests; the sons of Zadok Who continued faithful; they shall stand before me to offer the fat, &c. They shall serve at the altar of burnt-offering, and offer sacrifices thereon. They shall enter into my sanctuary Into the holy place; to minister unto me To burn incense there upon the golden altar, to sprinkle the blood of the victims before the veil, to trim the lamps, and to change the loaves on the sacred table... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

Service in the temple (44:1-31)Because the glory of God had entered the temple through the east gate of the outer court, no human being was considered worthy to enter by this gate. It therefore had always to be kept shut (44:1-2). The king, however, could eat his sacrificial meal in the vestibule that was on the inside of the east gate. He had to enter the temple compound by either the north or the south gate, then enter the vestibule from the courtyard side (3).The presence of God’s glory in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 44:15

Ezekiel 44:15. The Levites— The whole passage, from Eze 44:10 to Ezekiel 44:16., seems most naturally to refer to the period of time when the second temple was rebuilt. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:15

15. Zadok—The priests of the line of Ithamar were to be discharged from ministrations in the temple, because of their corruptions, following in the steps of Eli's sons, against whom the same denunciation was uttered (1 Samuel 2:32; 1 Samuel 2:35). Zadok, according to his name (which means "righteous") and his line, were to succeed (1 Kings 2:35; 1 Chronicles 24:3), as they did not take part in the general apostasy to the same degree, and perhaps [FAIRBAIRN] the prophet, referring to their... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 44:15-16

The Levites from Zadok’s branch of the priestly family, however, would have special privileges since Zadok and his sons had served the Lord faithfully in the past (cf. Ezekiel 40:46; 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:24-29; 1 Kings 2:26-35; 1 Chronicles 6:7-8). They would be able to approach the Lord Himself and minister to Him by presenting the sacrifices of the people to Him. They had permission to enter the temple proper, to place sacrifices on the "table" (the altar, Ezekiel 40:46,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 44:15-31

The Zadokite priests 44:15-31 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:1-31

§ 2. The Ordinances of the New Israel (Ezekiel 40-48)This concluding section of the book is dated in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity, i.e. the fourteenth year after the fall of Jerusalem (572 b.c.). It is therefore thirteen years later than the previous section (Ezekiel 33-39), and, with the exception of Ezekiel 29:17-21, forms the latest part of the book. It is in the form of a vision, which is the counterpart of that in Ezekiel 8-11. There God forsook the old Temple which had... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:4-31

The Priests and the LevitesStanding at the inner northern gate Ezekiel again saw the glory of God filling the Temple and was again addressed by the divine voice (Ezekiel 44:4-5). The Speaker first rebuked the custom which had prevailed in the old Temple, of having foreigners as servants in the sanctuary (Ezekiel 44:6-8). He directed that in future their place should be taken by the Lévites who were not of the family of Zadok. These had formerly shared the priestly office, but for their... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 44:15

(15) The sons of Zadok.—See Note on Ezekiel 40:46. They are here described as those who continued faithful in the general apostasy, and it is probable that Ezekiel uses the term in this sense. As Zadok had continued faithful in the rebellion of Adonijah, when even the high priest and life-long friend of David went astray (1 Kings 1:7-8), so all the faithful priests in the time of apostasy were called “sons of Zadok.” read more