에스겔 44:1-46 KRV

This gate shall be shut , The prophet must have noted this as an important difference between the new sanctuary and the old (whether temple or tabernacle), in which the east gate stood always open. That the gate of the new temple was to be closed only on the six working days Ewald mistakenly infers from Ezekiel 46:1 , where he reads, after the LXX ; the outer instead of the inner court. But Ezekiel 46:1 refers to the east gate of the inner court. Of the east gate of the outer court it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:2-3

The shut gate. The "Golden Gate" at Jerusalem, on the eastern side of the temple area, looking towards the Mount of Olives, is now built up, so that it can only be traced by means of the form of the arches and carved work embedded in a line of wall. Tradition associates this now inaccessible archway with the gate which Ezekiel said should be shut till the Prince passed through it. There is a striking symbolism in Ezekiel's description of the shut gate. I. THE GATE WAS SHUT . ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:3

It is for the prince conveys an erroneous impression, as if the edict, excluding all from passing through the east outer gate, did not apply to the prince; but even for him the gate was not to serve as a mode of entrance into the temple, or, if so, only on exceptional occasions (see on Ezekiel 46:2 ), but merely as a place to sit in. The Revised Version accurately renders the words, As for the prince , he shall sit therein as prince , etc. That the "prince" here alluded to ( ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4

From the outside of the east gate of the outer court the prophet was brought the way of the north gate , but whether of the outer or of the inner is uncertain, and set down before the house. On the ground that the prophet at his new station was in front of the temple, Hitzig, Keil, and others decide for the north gate of the inner court; whereas Kliefoth, looking to the circumstance that the first communications made to the prophet at his new post concerned "the entering in of the house,"... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4

Reverence. The prophet was brought "the way of the north gate before the house," because it was thence that, on a previous occasion, he had been directed to gaze upon the provision for idolatrous worship which aroused the indignation of Jehovah. Instructions were about to be given which would be the means of preventing a repetition of the infamous defilement of God's holy place which in times past had taken place within the temple precincts. And that a suitable impression might be made,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4-9

Church-worship vital to the soul. As the heart is vital to the body, and sends its tide of life to every organ in the system, so the sanctuary is the central source of spiritual life to the human commonwealth. What the Church is, the home will be, the town will be, the nation will be. The guilt contracted by Israel in the temple was a fount of iniquity whence defilement spread to every part of the body politic. The sin of the sanctuary was the sin of sins. On the other hand, the sanctuary... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4-16

The relations of the people , Levites , and priests to the sanctuary . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:5

Having fallen on his face before the renewed theophany, the prophet was summoned as once before ( Ezekiel 40:4 ), but with greater emphasis than before, to mark well, or set his heart to observe, the communications about to be made to him concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and. all the laws thereof (see on Ezekiel 43:11 ), more especially with regard to the persons who should have a right to participate in its services. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:5

The attentive consideration of religious truth. Ezekiel was to mark well the minute directions which were given to him concerning the temple. He was not a builder, and there is no reason to think that he was expected to consider these matters with a view to carrying out the work of constructing the new temple. But it was important that he should attend to the suggestiveness of every detail, because all that was here set forth was symbolical of spiritual truth. The smallest points of this... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:4-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:5

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