エゼキエル書 44:2-3 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:3

It is for the prince conveys an erroneous impression, as if the edict, excluding all from passing through the east outer gate, did not apply to the prince; but even for him the gate was not to serve as a mode of entrance into the temple, or, if so, only on exceptional occasions (see on Ezekiel 46:2 ), but merely as a place to sit in. The Revised Version accurately renders the words, As for the prince , he shall sit therein as prince , etc. That the "prince" here alluded to ( ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:2

The Lord hath entered in - See Ezekiel 43:2. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:3

The prince - Foretold under the name of David Ezekiel 34:24. The rabbis understood this to be the Messiah.To eat bread - See Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 24:9; according to the old Law these feasts belonged only to the priests; none of the rest of the congregation, not even the king, might partake of them. The new system gives to the “prince” a privilege which he did not before possess; the prince, as the representative of the Messiah, standing in a higher position than the kings of old. “To eat... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 44:1-2

Ezekiel 44:1-2. Then he brought me back, &c. From the altar to the gate belonging to the court of the priests, and leading to the outward court of the temple. All the courts were reckoned holy ground, and called sometimes by the name of the temple. And it was shut After that the glory of the Lord had entered that way. Then saith the Lord, This gate shall be shut Shall be generally kept shut; no man shall enter in by it None of the common people: see chap. Ezekiel 46:1. Because... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 44:3

Ezekiel 44:3. It is for the prince The words, It is, are not in the Hebrew, which is only, For the prince; and therefore the meaning seems to be, that this gate should, in general, be shut for, or to the prince, as well as to private persons; even he should not have the liberty of entering in at it, except at certain seasons. Dr. Waterland translates the clause thus: As to the prince, since he is prince, he shall sit, &c. The kings of Judah had a distinguished place in the... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 44:2

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . man. Hebrew ' ish . App-14 . Therefore the prince of Ezekiel 44:3 is more than man: either the risen David, or the Messiah Himself'. the God of Israel . See note on Isaiah 29:23 , God . Hebrew. Elohim , App-4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 44:3

It is for the prince ; the prince. Hebrew The Prince: as prince: i.e. the risen David, the vice-regent of the Messiah (Ezekiel 34:23 , Ezekiel 34:24 ; Ezekiel 37:24 , Ezekiel 37:25 ); or, the Messiah Himself. See note on "man", Ezekiel 44:2 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 44:2

Ezekiel 44:2. Therefore it all be shut— This is very ill pointed, and improperly separated from the third verse. It should be read thus, Therefore it shall be shut for the prince. Ezekiel 44:3. The same prince shall fit in it, &c. See chap. Eze 46:1-3 and Houbigant. The kings of Judah had a distinguished place in the temple; a kind of tribunal, placed opposite the eastern gate. See ch. Eze 46:12. 2 Chronicles 6:12-13. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:2

2. shut . . . not be opened— (Job 12:14; Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7). "Shut" to the people (Exodus 19:21; Exodus 19:22), but open to "the prince" (Exodus 19:22- :), he holding the place of God in political concerns, as the priests do in spiritual. As a mark of respect to an Eastern monarch, the gate by which he enters is thenceforth shut to all other persons (compare Exodus 19:24). read more