The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:44
Singers. Praise is an essential part of the worship of God. However it may be with the imaginary deities of the heathen, we know of the one true God that he is infinitely great and infinitely good; and that it therefore becomes his creatures to be his worshippers, and that it becomes his worshippers to utter forth his praise—the memory of his great goodness. In the Jewish economy praise occupied a very important part in Divine service, especially during and after the time of David, the... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:43
The hooks . The word שְׁפַתַּיִם occurs again only in Psalms 68:13 , where it signifies "sheepfolds," or "stalls;" its older form ( מִשְׁפְתַיִם ) appearing in Genesis 49:14 and 5:16 . As this sense is unsuitable, recourse must be had to its derivation (from שָׁפַת , "to put, set, or fix"), which suggests as its import here either, as Ewald, Kliefoth, Hengstenberg, Havernick, and Smend, following the LXX . and Vulgate, prefer, "ledges," or "border guards," on the edge of... read more