エゼキエル書 45:4-6 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:4

The holy portion of the land just defined ( Ezekiel 45:3 ) should be reserved for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary , i.e. of the inner court, who were privileged to draw near to Jehovah in altar ministrations (comp. Ezekiel 44:15 ; Exodus 28:43 ; Exodus 30:20 ; Numbers 16:5 , Numbers 16:40 ), as distinguished from the Levites, who were only" ministry of the house" ( Ezekiel 45:5 ), i.e. guardian, of the temple and assistants in its outer court services. As such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:5

A portion of similar dimensions should likewise be marked off for the Levites, for themselves, for a possession of twenty chambers ; better, for a possession unto themselves for twenty chambers (Revised Version). Ewald, Hitzig, and Smend, as usual, follow the LXX . αὐτοῖς εἰς κατάσχεσινπόλεις τοῦ κατοικεῖν ), and amend the text after Numbers 35:2 ; Joshua 21:2 , so as to read "cities ( עָרִים ) to dwell in;" and with them Keil agrees, only substituting "gates" ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:6

In addition to the holy terumah for the priests and the portion for the Levites, should be marked off as the possession of the city a third tract of territory, five thousand (reeds) broad, and five and twenty thousand long , over against —rather, side by side with (Revised Version), "parallel to" (Keil)— the oblation of the holy portion . That is to say, it should lie upon the south, as the Levites' territory lay upon the north of the priests' portion. Adding the 10,000 reeds of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 45:5

For a possession for twenty chambers - literally, “For a possession twenty chambers,” possibly twenty out of the thirty chambers in the outer court Ezekiel 40:17, and assigned for their use during residence in the sanctuary. The Septuagint reads “for cities to dwell in” (compare Numbers 35:2) which some adopt here. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 45:6

This portion is to belong to the whole people, not to be subject to the encroachments made by the later kings of Judah Jeremiah 22:13. The Levites’ portion 10,000 reeds, the priests’ portion 10,000 reeds, and the city portion 5,000 reeds. make in all 25,000 reeds from north to south. The measure of each of these portions from east to west has been defined to be 25,000 reeds (Ezekiel 45:1 note), and thus we have a square of 25,000 in all. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 45:2-5

Ezekiel 45:2-5. Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, &c. If we understand these dimensions of cubits, it exactly agrees with the opinion of the Jews, that the temple stood in an area of five hundred cubits square. And fifty cubits for the suburbs This likewise bears a suitable proportion to the contents of a square of five hundred cubits. And in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place Both the outward sanctuary and the inward oracle, or holy of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 45:6

Ezekiel 45:6. And ye shall appoint the possession of the city, five thousand broad, &c., over against (or by the side of, see Eze 48:14 ) the oblation of the holy portion This must run parallel in length with the holy portion, though but half its breadth, by which means these three portions made an exact square. It shall be for the whole house of Israel The capital city, to which all the tribes shall resort upon the solemn festivals, and shall have twelve gates, according to the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-12

Land for priests, Levites and king (45:1-12)Clearly the division of the land described here was symbolic and stylized. Straight lines can easily be drawn on a flat sheet of paper, but a land of hills, valleys and streams, such as Palestine, could not be divided in this way. Ezekiel’s division emphasized the important issues to be considered in the ideal division of the land.Following the principle that operated in the offering of tithes and firstfruits to God, a section of the land was first... read more

E.W. Bullinger