E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 40:39
sin. offering. See App-43 . trespass offering. See App-43 . read more
sin. offering. See App-43 . trespass offering. See App-43 . read more
they slew, &c. = their slaying [was done]. read more
hewn stone. The other eight (Ezekiel 40:41 ) were probably of wood. read more
hooks = the ranges. offering = corban. read more
Zadok among = Zadok: those from read more
Ezekiel 40:44. And without the inner gate, &c.— And he brought me to the inner gate, where there were two chambers in the inner court; one at the northern side of the gate, which looked to the south; the other at the southern side of the gate, which looked to the north. Houbigant. read more
Ezekiel 40:46. These are the sons of Zadok— The high priest-hood belonged to the eldest sons of the house of Aaron; so that the office originally appertained to the family of Zadok; though that of Ithamar exercised it for some time; from Eli, who was high-priest in the time of Samuel, to Abiathar, whom Solomon dispossessed, and restored the high priesthood to the former line by placing Zadok in his room. The family of Zadok alone is mentioned in this vision, probably because they continued... read more
38. chambers . . . entries—literally, "a chamber and its door." by the posts—that is, at or close by the posts or columns. where they washed the burnt offering—This does not apply to all the gates but only to the north gate. For Leviticus 1:11 directs the sacrifices to be killed north of the altar; and Leviticus 1:11- : calls the north gate, "the gate of the altar." And Ezekiel 40:40 particularly mentions the north gate. read more
43. hooks—cooking apparatus for cooking the flesh of the sacrifices that fell to the priests. The hooks were "fastened" in the walls within the apartment, to hang the meat from, so as to roast it. The Hebrew comes from a root "fixed" or "placed." read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 40:38
washed. Or, took out, the entrails of. burnt offering. Sec App-43 . See note on "ordinances", Ezekiel 43:18 . read more