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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 46:22

courts joined = courts covered over, or closed courts, cloisters. corners. Hebrew. m hukzaoth , This hybrid word has the extraordinary points ( App-31 ) or dots on the top, denoting that it does not properly belong to the primitive text. It is omitted in Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. The clause should therefore read: "these four were of the some measure" (see Ginsburg's Introduction, pp. 382-3). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 46:22

Ezekiel 46:22. In the four corners, &c.— These little courts were in the shape of an oblong square, joined with inner walls to the outside walls of the court. The Hebrew word, קטרות keturoth, translated joined, may be rendered made with chimneys; which sense agrees with the uses for which these courts were designed. See Calmet. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The rules here prescribed for the place and manner of God's worship, like the preceding solemnities, differ far from those prescribed by the law of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 46:22

22. courts joined—FAIRBAIRN translates, "roofed" or "vaulted." But these cooking apartments seem to have been uncovered, to let the smoke and smell of the meat the more easily pass away. They were "joined" or "attached" to the walls of the courts at the corners of the latter [MENOCHIUS]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 46:9-24

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 46:13-24

4. The temple ordinances 43:13-46:24Instructions (statutes) designed to maintain holiness in the new temple follow. The Lord specified how His people were to construct the new altar to accommodate sacrifices (Ezekiel 43:13-17) and how they were to dedicate it (Ezekiel 43:18-27). He revealed how they were to use the temple (Ezekiel 44:1-9), how the priests were to function (Ezekiel 44:10-31), and how the sacred land district was to be used (Ezekiel 45:1-8). An exhortation to Israel’s leaders... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 46:21-24

The same person then took Ezekiel out to the outer court and showed him the four corners of that court. In each of the four corners there was a courtyard 40 cubits (66 feet 8 inches) by 30 cubits (50 feet). Within each of these enclosures there were ledges with fireplaces underneath that created cooking areas where the priests were to boil the sacrifices that the people brought to the temple. Since the people would eat some of the sacrifices they brought, the outer court would be a place of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 46:1-24

The Offerings at the Sacred Seasons, etc(This whole passage should be compared with Numbers 28:29.)(a) The Atonement for the Sanctuary (Eze 45:18-20)This was to take place twice yearly, on the first days of the first and seventh months. These two days in Ezekiel serve the same purpose as the great Day of Atonement on the tenth day of the seventh month (Leviticus 16:0; Num 29:7-11).20. The seventh day of the month] LXX 'in the seventh month, on the first day of the month'. Reconcile] RV 'make... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 46:18-24

The Offerings at the Sacred Seasons, etc(This whole passage should be compared with Numbers 28, 29.)(a) The Atonement for the Sanctuary (Ezekiel 45:18-20)This was to take place twice yearly, on the first days of the first and seventh months. These two days in Ezekiel serve the same purpose as the great Day of Atonement on the tenth day of the seventh month (Leviticus 16; Numbers 29:7-11).20. The seventh day of the month] LXX ’in the seventh month, on the first day of the month’. Reconcile] RV... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 46:21

(21) The utter court.—The prophet had just been in those chambers which, although they stood within the area of the outer court, were considered as belonging to the inner. He is now brought into the outer court, properly so called.In every corner of the court there was a court.—In each of the angles of the outer court a place was set apart for the boiling of the flesh of the peace offerings. These were of considerable size—40 cubits by 30 (Ezekiel 46:22), and appear to have been enclosed by a... read more

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