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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:27

And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary ,.... Into the house and church of God, after his cleansing, and when the seven days from thence are up: unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary ; among the inward court worshippers, to minister in things to them; to preach the Gospel, and administer Gospel ordinances: he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God ; though he has been privately cleansed in the fountain of Christ's blood, in which he has washed for sin... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:28

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance ,.... Either the sin offering, or the priesthood, and the perquisites belonging to it: or, they shall have an inheritance F18 והיתה להם לנחלה "habebunt etiam hereditarium aliquid", Tigurine version. ; but what shall it be? God himself: I am their inheritance ; the Lord is the portion and inheritance of his people, who are made priests unto him, whether in a private or public capacity; they are heirs of God, he is their portion... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:29

They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering ,.... Which were typical of Christ; the meat offering, or rather bread offering, it being made of fine flour, was a type of Christ the bread of life; and the sin and trespass offerings pointed at his being made sin and a sacrifice for it; which the people and priests of the Lord in a spiritual sense eat, feed, and live upon by faith: and besides, as the priests under the law had a part in all these offerings,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:30

And the first of all the first fruits of all things, and every oblation, of all of every sort of your oblations shall be the priests ,.... Suggesting, that their offerings or contributions, which should be made out of their substance, should be in proportion to it, and early as well as free; see Proverbs 3:9 , ye shall also give unto the priest of your dough ; either of the first they made of the new corn of the year, or a piece or cake of whatsoever at any time they made; signifying,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:31

The priests shall not eat of anything that is dead of itself, or torn ,.... They shall have no need to eat of such things, being plentifully provided for with better; nor will it become them so to do through avarice, not allowing themselves to enjoy what is liberally given them. Here the Jewish doctors F20 T. Bab. Menachot, fol. 45. 1. observe that it is said, the priests shall not eat of these things, suggesting that Israelites might; this puzzles them, therefore they say, Elijah will... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:1

The outward sanctuary - In opposition to the temple itself, which was the inner sanctuary. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:2

This gate shall be shut - It was not to be opened on ordinary occasions, nor at all on the week days: but only on the Sabbaths and the new moons. See the account of the gates (4) in the explanation of the plan. This verse has been adduced by the Roman Catholics to prove the perpetual virginity of the mother of our Lord; and it may be allowed to be as much to the purpose as any other that has been brought to prove this very precarious point, on which no stress should ever be laid by any... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:5

Mark well, and behold - Take notice of every thing; register all so fully that thou shalt be able to give the most minute information to the children of Israel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:7

The fat and the blood - These never went into common use; they were wholly offered to God. The blood was poured out; the fat consumed. Because of all your abominations - Several MSS. of Kennicott's and De Rossi's read their abominations, referring to the strangers mentioned before. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:10

And the Levites that are gone away far from me - This refers to the schism of Jeroboam, who, when he set up a new worship, got as many of the priests and Levites to join him in his idolatry as he could. These, on the return from the captivity, should not be permitted to perform the functions of priests in the new temple; but they might be continued as keepers of all the charge of the house - be treasurers, guards of the temple, porters, etc.; see Ezekiel 44:11-15 . The whole of these... read more

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