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George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:14

Cubit. they were each a cubit broad, but this greater means higher up. Some assert that the priests stood on this base to avoid treading on the altar, when they place the wood or victims. But it would be too low; and steps were made for that purpose. The altar was ten, or rather twelve cubits high, and as many broad. Solomon's was ten high and twenty broad. Herod's was a square of forty cubits, raised fifteen from the ground. (Calmet) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ezekiel 43:13-27

Description and Dedication of the Altar of Burnt Offering v. 13. And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits (the cubit is a cubit and an hand-breadth, the so-called sacred cubit) even the bottom, literally, "the bosom," probably a paneled recess in the side of the altar, shall be a cubit and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span, that is, the molding, or ornamental border, enclosing such a panel; and this shall be the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 43:1-27

CHAPTER 431And he led me to the gate, the gate that looks toward the east: 2And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east, and its [His] voice 3was as the voice of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory. And as the appearance [was] the appearance which I saw, as the appearance which I saw when I came to destroy the city, and [there were] sights like the appearance which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 4And the glory of Jehovah came to the house by... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 43:1-27

The prophet's next vision was of Jehovah's return to the Temple. Again he beheld a vision and heard a voice. The visions which he had seen by the river Chebar appeared again. The same glory on which he had gazed when he came to destroy the city, that is, to utter his predictions concerning its destruction, appeared in this great hour of restoration, when Jehovah, so long exiled from His Temple, returned to it. The voice of Jehovah was as the sound of many waters, but in speaking to Ezekiel it... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:1-27

The New Temple (Ezekiel 40:1 to Ezekiel 48:35 ). The book of Ezekiel began with a vision of the glory of God and the coming of the heavenly chariot throne of God in order to speak directly to His people through Ezekiel (chapter 1). He then recorded the departure of God's glory from Jerusalem and the Temple because of the sins of Israel (chapters 8 - 11). This was followed by the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Now it ends with another vision, the return of God's glory to the land... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:13-14

“And these are the measures of the altar by cubits, the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth. The bosom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and its border by its edge round about, a span. And this shall be the back (platform) of the altar. And from the bosom on the ground (or of the earth) to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit, and from the lesser settle to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit. And the upper altar (the harel) shall... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:13-17

The Altar Of Sacrifice Is To Be The Connection Between the Heavenly Temple and the Earthly Temple Yet To Be Built And Is To Be Copied For That Purpose (Ezekiel 43:13-17 ). The heavenly visitant had now finished his measuring. But note that he was not ever told, and is not now, to measure the altar. Although the altar was mentioned for completeness in Ezekiel 40:47, it was pointedly not measured. It was basically almost ignored as not being an important part of the heavenly temple from the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:13-27

Ezekiel 43:13-Daniel : . The Altar.— In a system of worship based upon sacrifice, the altar is of special importance: its dimensions ( Ezekiel 43:13-Esther :) and consecration ( Ezekiel 43:18-Daniel :) are therefore elaborately described. Approached by steps ( Ezekiel 43:17), it consisted of four square stones, each smaller in breadth but greater in height than the one below it, ranging from a base of 27 feet square and 1½ feet high, to the “ hearth” at the top (on which the victim was laid)... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 43:14

From the bottom; from the superficies of the first ledge, which was a cubit broad and a cubit high from the ground. To the lower settle; to the top of that square settle which is called lower, because another settle is raised upon it. Two cubits in height. The breadth one cubit on every square, as the first and bottom settle, which by this account was two cubits larger in each square or side than the middle settle. From the lesser settle; from the highest edge of the uppermost settle, down to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-27

THE CONSECRATION OF THE TEMPLE. (chap. 43)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel 43:2. “Behold, the glory of God.” As the Shechinah-glory was the peculiar distinction of the old Temple, so it was to be in the new in a degree as much more transcendent as the proportions of the new exceeded those of the old. The fact that the Shechinah-glory was not in the second Temple proves that it cannot be that Temple which it meant in the prophecy. “The glory came by the way of the east.” The same way by which Jehovah... read more

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