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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 45:9-12

Ezekiel 45:9-12. Let it suffice, O ye princes of Israel This is a reproof of the oppressions of the former kings and their chief officers. The title of princes of Israel is to be understood of such princes as the Jews afterward had of the Asmonæan race; for there were no more princes to reign of the tribe of Judah till Christ came. Ye shall have just balances Ye shall take care that there be no deceit in private trade: ye shall provide just measures, both for buying and selling, both... 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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 45:10

Ye shall have , &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:36 ). ephah. See App-51 ., bath. See App-51 . read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 45:9-12

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 45:9-24

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 45:10-12

They should also be fair in their commercial dealings. Their basic dry and liquid measures, an ephah (about one-half bushel) and a bath (about six gallons), were to be standard and equal. An ephah should always be a tenth of an homer (five to six bushels), and a bath should always be a tenth of an homer (five to six bushels). Likewise weights should be the same. One shekel (about two-fifths of an ounce) should equal 20 gerahs (about one-fiftieth of an ounce). Twenty shekels plus 25 shekels plus... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 45:1-25

§ 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

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 45:9-17

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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 45:1-25

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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-25

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

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