The Lord next commanded the leaders of the Israelites to stop destroying the people, treating them violently, and appropriating their possessions for themselves. This is a common cry in the Bible (cf. Leviticus 19; Leviticus 25; Numbers 35; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:10-12; Matthew 5:23-24). Rather they should treat them fairly and do what was right. read more
An exhortation to Israel’s leaders 45:9-12Mention of the proper leadership of the Israelites in the Millennium led to an exhortation to Israel’s leaders to practice justice and righteousness in the present and in the future. read more
Regulations for offerings and feast days 45:9-46:24This section contains seven subsections all of which deal with the same basic subject. 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
The Prince’s Dues and ObligationsThe oppressive exactions of the former rulers were to be unknown in the restored Israel. Weights and measures were to be just and correct. The prince was to receive from the people a sixtieth of their wheat and barley, a hundredth part of their oil, and one in two hundred of their flocks. Out of these supplies the prince was to provide all the regular sacrifices for the Temple.10. The ephah (dry measure) and the bath (liquid measure) were each the tenth of an... read more
(9) Take away your exactions.—Ezekiel 45:9-12 are an exhortation to the princes to observe justice in all their dealings. (Comp. Jeremiah 22:3.) “Exaction” is, literally, as in the margin, expulsion, or ejection, with allusion to such cases as 1 Kings 21:1-16. In the following verses the exhortation to justice is extended to the whole people. (Comp. Leviticus 19:35-36; Deuteronomy 25:13-15.) 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 45:9
Thus saith , &c. See note on Ezekiel 44:9 . the Lord GOD . Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah . See note on Ezekiel 2:4 , and . Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit this "and". exactions = evictions. saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. read more