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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:12

Because they ministered unto them before their idols ,.... Had officiated for them in the priest's office, their idols being in the courts of the Lord at the same time; or preached unto them false doctrines, such as are not agreeable to the word of God; and led them into superstition and will worship, and confirmed them therein: and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity ; or, "were for a stumbling block of iniquity" F8 למכשול עון "in offendiculum iniquitatis",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:13

And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of priest unto me ,.... To bring the sacrifice to the altar, and offer it there; to sprinkle the blood, or burn the fat, or the incense; to intercede for the people, or bless them; see Hosea 4:6 , nor to come near to any of my holy things in the most holy place ; to do any business, either in the holy or in the most holy place; to offer holy things, or eat of them. The sense is, that these degraded ministers, who had sinned so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:14

But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house ,.... To be watchmen or porters in it; to open and shut the doors of it; to sweep and keep it clean; to repair and mend it, and to do such like works, as it follows: for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein ; in a servile way; but not as priests or ministers of the word. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:15

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok ;.... The priests who were of the tribe of Levi, whom the Lord chose and separated, to minister to him, and so had a lawful call to this office, and were regularly invested with it; and design true and lawful, as well as faithful, ministers of the word; these are called the sons of Zadok, who descended from Eleazar the son of Aaron in the line of Phinehas, to whom the Lord promised the everlasting priesthood, and who was put into this office by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:16

They shall enter into my sanctuary ,.... Both to officiate, and to participate, which strangers and uncircumcised persons might not do, Ezekiel 44:9 , and they shall come near to my table to minister unto me ; which some understand of the altar of burnt offering, which was as a table, and the sacrifice on it was the food of the Lord, Leviticus 3:11 , others, the altar of incense; see Ezekiel 41:22 . Kimchi interprets it of the table of shewbread; but, whatever is meant in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:5

Mark well, and behold - Take notice of every thing; register all so fully that thou shalt be able to give the most minute information to the children of Israel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:7

The fat and the blood - These never went into common use; they were wholly offered to God. The blood was poured out; the fat consumed. Because of all your abominations - Several MSS. of Kennicott's and De Rossi's read their abominations, referring to the strangers mentioned before. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:10

And the Levites that are gone away far from me - This refers to the schism of Jeroboam, who, when he set up a new worship, got as many of the priests and Levites to join him in his idolatry as he could. These, on the return from the captivity, should not be permitted to perform the functions of priests in the new temple; but they might be continued as keepers of all the charge of the house - be treasurers, guards of the temple, porters, etc.; see Ezekiel 44:11-15 . The whole of these... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:16

Come near to my table - To place the shew-bread there, and to burn incense on the golden altar in the holy of holies. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

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