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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-8

Directions are here given for the dividing of the land after their return to it; and, God having warranted them to do it, would be an act of faith, and not of folly, thus to divide it before they had it. And it would be welcome news to the captives to hear that they should not only return to their own land, but that, whereas they were now but few in number, they should increase and multiply, so as to replenish it. But this never had its accomplishment in the Jewish state after the return out... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:6

And ye shall appoint the possession of the city , Which is something distinct from the house or temple, which was as the frame of a city, being so large, and consisting of so many parts, Ezekiel 40:2 and seems also different from the city in Ezekiel 48:30 , the measures of the one and of the other not agreeing. Starckius thinks that this city prefigures the academies that should be among Christians, in which the priests or ministers of the word should teach those that came out of all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-8

The portions of land that should be allotted to the sanctuary, the city, and the prince. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 45:6

In addition to the holy terumah for the priests and the portion for the Levites, should be marked off as the possession of the city a third tract of territory, five thousand (reeds) broad, and five and twenty thousand long , over against —rather, side by side with (Revised Version), "parallel to" (Keil)— the oblation of the holy portion . That is to say, it should lie upon the south, as the Levites' territory lay upon the north of the priests' portion. Adding the 10,000 reeds of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 45:6

This portion is to belong to the whole people, not to be subject to the encroachments made by the later kings of Judah Jeremiah 22:13. The Levites’ portion 10,000 reeds, the priests’ portion 10,000 reeds, and the city portion 5,000 reeds. make in all 25,000 reeds from north to south. The measure of each of these portions from east to west has been defined to be 25,000 reeds (Ezekiel 45:1 note), and thus we have a square of 25,000 in all. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 45:6

Ezekiel 45:6. And ye shall appoint the possession of the city, five thousand broad, &c., over against (or by the side of, see Eze 48:14 ) the oblation of the holy portion This must run parallel in length with the holy portion, though but half its breadth, by which means these three portions made an exact square. It shall be for the whole house of Israel The capital city, to which all the tribes shall resort upon the solemn festivals, and shall have twelve gates, according to the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 45:1-12

Land for priests, Levites and king (45:1-12)Clearly the division of the land described here was symbolic and stylized. Straight lines can easily be drawn on a flat sheet of paper, but a land of hills, valleys and streams, such as Palestine, could not be divided in this way. Ezekiel’s division emphasized the important issues to be considered in the ideal division of the land.Following the principle that operated in the offering of tithes and firstfruits to God, a section of the land was first... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 45:6

the whole house of Israel . Compare Ezekiel 48:19 . read more

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