John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:27
And when these days are expired ,.... The seven days of consecration, and all these rites and sacrifices observed: it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward ; that is, on the first day of the week, or Lord's day, the Christian sabbath, the next day after the seventh, and so upon every return of it; in which Christian ministrations are exercised, the word preached, ordinances administered, and works of righteousness and charity done; see John 20:19 . The priests shall... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13-27
This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezra 3:3. But this was an altar in the temple. Now here we have, I. The measures of the altar, Ezek. 43:13. It was six yards square at the top and seven yards square at the bottom; it was four yards and a half high; it had a lower bench or shelf, here called a settle, a yard from the ground, on which... read more