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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

THE RELATION OF PRINCE AND PRIESTS TO THE TEMPLE (Chap. 44)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel 44:1. “The gate of the outward sanctuary”—the court of the priests as distinguished from the Temple itself. “This gate shall be shut”—shut to the people, but opened on certain days for the prince (chap. Ezekiel 46:1), he holding the place of God in political concerns, as the priests do in spiritual. Only a prince of the House of David might sit down in the priests’ court. As a mark of respect to an Eastern... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

Chapter 44Now as we get to chapter 44, we come to a prophecy that is so often misinterpreted. And I must confess to you that I have often misinterpreted this prophecy. And as I read it more carefully and have read it more carefully this time, and this is one of the problems I have with this last portion of Ezekiel, that every time I read it I seem to see something else that I didn't quite understand before and my whole views have to change again.But he brought me back to the way of the gate of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 44:1-31

Ezekiel 44:5 . Mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears. Every thing seen in this vision of the temple, adumbrates celestial glory, and therefore demanded the most profound attention. The law was a shadow of good things to come. REFLECTIONS. The substance of this chapter is much the same as the twenty first and twenty second chapters of Leviticus, under which suitable reflections will be found. But here it is of consequence to note, that the way in which the glory... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 44:23

Ezekiel 44:23They shall teach My people the difference between the holy and profane. Steering between the rocksI. You can judge of the moral character of any amusement by its healthful result, or by its baleful reaction. In proportion as a ship is swift, it wants a strong helmsman; in proportion as a horse is gay, it wants a stout driver; and people of exuberant nature will do well to look at the reaction of all their amusements. If an amusement sends you home at night nervous, so that you... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 44:22

Eze 44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. Ver. 22. Neither shall they take for their wives. ] Ministers, of all men, should be careful whom they wed, for many reasons. Hear what good counsel one minister a of mine acquaintance gave another: “ Quaere tibi uxorem quae sit Pia, Pulchra, Pudica, Provida, verborum Parca, et Parere parata. ” “Seek for... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 44:23

Eze 44:23 And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. Ver. 23. And they shall teach. ] Ministers must be able and "apt to teach." 1 Timothy 3:2 Tit 1:9 Act 20:28 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 44:22

Neither: This was prohibited only to the high priest under the law; but is here extended to all the priests, perhaps to intimate the superior sanctity of the times to which it refers. a widow: Leviticus 21:7, Leviticus 21:13, Leviticus 21:14, 1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:4, 1 Timothy 3:5, 1 Timothy 3:11, 1 Timothy 3:12, Titus 1:6 put away: Heb. thrust forth, Deuteronomy 24:1-Numbers : that had a priest before: Heb. from a priest Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:2 - she may go Ezra 10:18 - the sons... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 44:23

Ezekiel 22:26, Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 10:11, Deuteronomy 33:10, Hosea 4:6, Micah 3:9-1 Kings :, Zephaniah 3:4, Haggai 2:11-1 Chronicles :, Malachi 2:6-1 Samuel :, 2 Timothy 2:24, 2 Timothy 2:25, Titus 1:9-1 Kings : Reciprocal: Genesis 7:2 - not Leviticus 11:47 - General Leviticus 13:3 - shall look Leviticus 14:57 - teach Leviticus 15:31 - Thus shall Isaiah 52:11 - touch Jeremiah 15:19 - take Ezekiel 42:20 - a separation Ezekiel 48:15 - a profane Zechariah 7:3 - speak Colossians 4:17 - Take read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:22

22. The restriction is now placed upon all priests which was formerly laid only upon the high priest (Leviticus 21:7-14). This shows once more the supreme holiness of the new temple. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:23-24

23, 24. The priests shall teach the people the difference between “the holy and the common,” that they may know the inner meaning of their symbolic ritual (Ezekiel 22:26; Haggai 2:11-14), administer justice (compare Ezekiel 45:17; Deuteronomy 17:8-12; Deuteronomy 21:5), keep to Jehovah’s laws, “and hallow my sabbaths.” (Compare Ezekiel 20:12-21; Ezekiel 22:8.) read more

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