エゼキエル書 45:7-25 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:10

The exhortation addressed to the princes to practice justice and judgment now extends itself so as to include their subjects, who are required, in all their commercial dealings, to have just balances and just measures— a just ephah for dry goods , and a just bath for liquids . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:10

Just balances. The princes of Israel are exhorted to govern justly and to be fair in their exaction of taxes. The older prophets often had occasion to denounce the oppression and robbery of the people by the princes. After the chastisement of the Captivity, the restored people should be well treated by a better order of princes. But when the rulers set an example of using just balances, the people may he required to follow. I. COMMERCIAL HONESTY IS A PRIMARY CHRISTIAN DUTY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:10

Piety and equity. "Ye shall have just balances." Devotion, when divorced from morality, is worth nothing in the sight of God. Men have thought and taught that the one thing that God (or the gods) required was to be reverently approached by his adherents, and to receive their numerous offerings (see Micah 6:6 , Micah 6:7 ). But his disciples did not so learn Moses, and we have not so learned Christ. Under him we have come to understand that every good tree must bring forth good fruit,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:11

The ephah (a word of Egyptian origin) and the bath shall be of one measure. That is, each was to be the tenth part of an homer (see Le Ezekiel 27:16 ; Numbers 11:32 ), or cot ( כֹר , κόρος , 1 Kings 4:22 ; Luke 16:7 ), which appears to have contained about seventy-five gallons, or thirty-two pecks. The homer (or, cheroot ) is to be distinguished from the omer of Exodus 16:36 , which was the tenth part of an ephah. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:12

The shekel shall be twenty garahs . This ordained that the standard for money weights should remain as it had been fixed by the Law ( Exodus 30:13 ; Le 27:25; Numbers 3:47 ). The "shekel" (or "weight," from שָׁקַל , "to weigh;" compare the Italian lira , the French livre out of the Latin libra , and the English Found sterling) was a piece of silver whose value, originally determined by weight, became gradually fixed at the definite sum of twenty "gerahs," beans, or grains... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:13-15

The offerings the people' should present are next specified. Compared with the offerings prescribed by the Law of Moses, these discover important variations. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:13-15

Systematic giving. Very elaborate regulations were drawn up to determine the several proportionate gifts of various kinds which were to be made by the Israelites. These regulations were after the manner of the times, and in accordance with the spirit of the Jewish Law. A larger freedom appertains to the Christian era, and we are not now required to make our offerings according to any definite proportion fixed for us by authority. But we are not therefore to conclude that there is to be no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:13-15

Religion a practical thing. In the infancy of the world outward symbol was more needed for the religious instruction of men than it is today. In the sacred ceremonies of the temple every man had a part to take. Religious truth can better be impressed upon the mind when outward action accompanies inward sentiment. Religion requires the loyalty and service of the entire man; and if convictions of religious duty can be wrought into the soul, it is cheaply purchased by the devotement of our... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:15

Reconciliation. The relations between Israel and Jehovah were symbolical of those existing between the race of man and the same righteous Ruler and Judge. The sacrifices and priesthoods, the services and festivals, of the Mosaic economy have all a spiritual significance, and are typical of spiritual and Christian realities. Turning from the local and temporary circumstances, and regarding only the abiding, permanent, and universal truths suggested by the term "reconciliation," we remark—... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:16

All the people of the land shall give (literally, shall be for ) this oblation (or, terumah ) for the prince in Israel . Assuming that the prince here refers to the ordinary civil magistrate, Hengstenborg founds on this an argument in support of state Churches: "This is also the general doctrine, that the magistrate shall take first of all from the taxes levied the means for the proper observance of Divine worship." But if the oblations above referred to were not properly taxes, and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:16

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