Ezekiel 44:28-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 44:17-31

God's priests must be regulars, not seculars; and therefore here are rules laid down for them to govern themselves by and due encouragement given them to live up to those rules. Directions are here given, I. Concerning their clothes; they must wear linen garments when they went in to minister or do any service in the inner court, or in the sanctuary, and nothing that was woollen, because it would cause sweat, Ezek. 44:17, 18. They must dress themselves cool, that they might go the more readily... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:28

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance ,.... Either the sin offering, or the priesthood, and the perquisites belonging to it: or, they shall have an inheritance F18 והיתה להם לנחלה "habebunt etiam hereditarium aliquid", Tigurine version. ; but what shall it be? God himself: I am their inheritance ; the Lord is the portion and inheritance of his people, who are made priests unto him, whether in a private or public capacity; they are heirs of God, he is their portion... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:29

They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering ,.... Which were typical of Christ; the meat offering, or rather bread offering, it being made of fine flour, was a type of Christ the bread of life; and the sin and trespass offerings pointed at his being made sin and a sacrifice for it; which the people and priests of the Lord in a spiritual sense eat, feed, and live upon by faith: and besides, as the priests under the law had a part in all these offerings,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:30

And the first of all the first fruits of all things, and every oblation, of all of every sort of your oblations shall be the priests ,.... Suggesting, that their offerings or contributions, which should be made out of their substance, should be in proportion to it, and early as well as free; see Proverbs 3:9 , ye shall also give unto the priest of your dough ; either of the first they made of the new corn of the year, or a piece or cake of whatsoever at any time they made; signifying,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:31

The priests shall not eat of anything that is dead of itself, or torn ,.... They shall have no need to eat of such things, being plentifully provided for with better; nor will it become them so to do through avarice, not allowing themselves to enjoy what is liberally given them. Here the Jewish doctors F20 T. Bab. Menachot, fol. 45. 1. observe that it is said, the priests shall not eat of these things, suggesting that Israelites might; this puzzles them, therefore they say, Elijah will... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:28

I am their inheritance - Those who affect to form their ecclesiastical matters on the model of the Jewish Church have with one consent left this out of the question. They will not live on the free-will offerings of the people; but must have vast revenues, and these secured to them by law. That every minister of God should be supported by the altar I grant; but I think, instead of that method of paying the parochial clergy which I see is so much objected to, and breeds so much dissension... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:17-31

The duties and emoluments of the priests . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:17-31

A good minister of Jesus Christ. What the faithful priest was under the Law, that the "good minister" is under Christ ( 1 Timothy 4:6 ). And while the form of service is altogether different, the spirit should be the same. The ideal priest, as here delineated, is, mutatis mutandis , the true bishop or pastor of the New Testament. The latter is— I. STUDIOUS OF HIS MASTER 'S WILL , EVEN IN SMALL PARTICULARS . The priest was to carry out very minute instructions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:27-30

Substantial wealth. In every part of the world there is hunger, more or less, to possess land. By long observation men have discovered that to possess land is to possess influence and honor among their fellow-men. Is not land essential as the foundation of the harvest-crops? And are not crops of corn and fruit essential to the life of men? Is not agriculture the mainstay of a nation's well-being? Yet without land agriculture is impossible; is it not therefore reasonable that men should... read more

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