Ezekiel 45:5. And the five and twenty thousand, &c.— And there shall be other five and twenty thousand of length, and ten thousand of breadth; and it shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, for them for a possession; twenty ranges of building: or, as some render the last clause, for cities to dwell in. See Archbishop Newcombe on this passage. read more
The sacred district in the Promised Land 45:1-8The Lord next gave Ezekiel directions for the division of some of the Promised Land in the future. Revelation about apportioning the rest of the land follows later (Ezekiel 47:13 to Ezekiel 48:35). These descriptions do not coincide with any division of the land in the past, and the amount of detail argues for a literal fulfillment in the future. read more
The other Levites would occupy another 25,000 by 10,000 cubits (8.3 miles by 3.3 miles) area beside the one just described (cf. Ezekiel 48:13). It would evidently be immediately to the north. Under the Mosaic system the priests and Levites lived scattered throughout Israel, not all in very close proximity to the temple, as here. read more
The Lands for the Priests, Levites, Prince, and CityThe division of the whole country is described in ch. 48, which includes the substance of the present passage, and shows the position of these lands in relation to those of the tribes. The holy portion (Fig. 7, a b g h) was to be 25,000 cubits long (a b, g h) and 20,000 cubits broad (a g, b h). The sanctuary (s) was to occupy a square of 500 cubits each way, with a border on every side of 50 cubits more. The holy portion was to be subdivided... read more
§ 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
(5) For a possession for twenty chambers.—Adjoining the priests’ portion of the oblation, another equal portion is assigned to the Levites. The last clause of the verse, as it stands, admits of no satisfactory explanation. The suggestion that it may refer to twenty out of the thirty chambers in the outer court of the sanctuary (Ezekiel 40:17) is quite out of place. Even if these were intended for the use of the Levites (which does not appear), it would be strange that they should be abruptly... read more
Ezekiel 45:9 A great writer has said that 'grace was beauty in action'. I say that justice is truth in action. Beaconsfield. References. XLVI. 9. J. Leckie, Sermons Preached at Ibrox, p. 210. XLVI. 16. J. M. Neale, Sermons on the Prophets, vol. ii. p. 54. XLVII. 1. A. Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, p. 32. XLVII. 3, 4, 5. F. B. Meyer, Christian World Pulpit, vol. lviii. 1900, p. 43. read more
THE RITUALEzekiel 45:1-25; Ezekiel 46:1-24IT is difficult to go back in imagination to a time when sacrifice was the sole and sufficient form of every complete act of worship. That the slaughter of an animal, or at least the presentation of a material offering of some sort, should ever have been considered of the essence of intercourse with the Deity may seem to us incredible in the light of the idea of God which we now possess. Yet there can be no doubt that there was a stage of religious... read more
CHAPTER 45 1. The portions of the priests, the Levites, of the whole house of Israel, and the prince (Ezekiel 45:1-8 ) 2. Concerning the prince (Ezekiel 45:9-17 ) 3. The feast of Passover and the feast of tabernacles (Ezekiel 45:18-25 ) read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 45:5
for = as. for twenty chambers : or, of cities to dwell in. read more