Ezekiel 44:20 KJV

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 44:1-31

CHAPTER 44 1. The outward eastern gate for the prince (Ezekiel 44:1-3 ) 2. The charge concerning the strangers and the rebellious tribes (Ezekiel 44:4-14 ) 3. The charge concerning the priests, the sons of Zadok (Ezekiel 44:15-27 ) 4. The inheritance of the priests (Ezekiel 44:28-31 ) read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Ezekiel 44:20

44:20 Neither shall they {f} shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut [the hair of] their heads.(f) As did the infidels and heathen. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

THE CLOSE OF THE BOOK THE GATE OF THE PRINCE (Ezekiel 44:1-3 ) As the glory of Jehovah had entered this gate (Ezekiel 48:4-5 ), it must hereafter be closed for all but His representative the prince. This cannot mean the Messiah, because the prince requires a sin-offering. (Remember that sin will be suppressed in that day, but not yet extirpated.) Doubtless this prince is a future prince of the house of David. THE FUTURE PRIESTS AND LEVITES (Ezekiel 44:9-31 ) Ezekiel 44:9-14 show that... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Ezekiel 44:1-31

God's Care of His Altar Eze 44:9-16 Is not this rather severe upon the stranger? The injunction does not rest upon the fact of the strangeness of the stranger, because in chapter Eze 47:22-23 there is a distinct provision for the stranger in Israel: "And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ezekiel 44:6-27

Here are very important commissions given to the Prophet to deliver to the people, all which are plain and express, and in which we find the sacred jealousy the Lord hath for his holy name and ordinances. Reader! our approaches now under the gospel dispensation, ought not to lessen our reverence, but increase it; seeing we have Jesus to give us boldness in his blood, it should make us delight ourselves to draw nigh. Hebrews 4:14-16 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:20

Shave, like the priests of Isis. (Juvenal vi.) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ezekiel 44:17-31

Ordinances for the Priests in the Performance of their Duties v. 17. And it shall come to pass that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, for the performance of the special functions pertaining to their office, they shall be clothed with linen garments, as were the priests of old, Exodus 28:39; and no wool shall come upon them whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court and within, namely, in the Sanctuary proper. "Wool soon induces perspiration in the sultry East and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 44:1-31

CHAPTER 441And he led me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that 2looks to the east; and it was shut. And Jehovah said to me: This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall go in through it; 3because Jehovah, the God of Israel, went in through it; thus it is shut. As to the prince, he [is] prince, he shall sit in it, to eat bread [food] before Jehovah; from the way of the [to the] porch of the gate shall he go in, and 4from its way shall he go out. And he brought... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:1-31

The next section described the service of the new Temple. It commenced with the command that the eastern gate, through which Jehovah entered, must be kept closed, and that no man should be allowed to pass through it. The only exception to this rule was that the prince should eat his bread in the gate of Jehovah's entrance. Again the prophet beheld the glory of the Lord, and was solemnly charged to pay special attention to the ordinances of the house of the Lord and the laws thereof, which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:1-31

The New Temple (Ezekiel 40:1 to Ezekiel 48:35 ). The book of Ezekiel began with a vision of the glory of God and the coming of the heavenly chariot throne of God in order to speak directly to His people through Ezekiel (chapter 1). He then recorded the departure of God's glory from Jerusalem and the Temple because of the sins of Israel (chapters 8 - 11). This was followed by the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. Now it ends with another vision, the return of God's glory to the land... read more