Ezekiel 45:19 - Exposition

The mode in which this act of purgation should be performed is next described. The blood of the sin offering should by the priest be put (not sprinkled) upon the posts of the house , i.e. upon the posts or pillars of the door connecting the holy place with the holy of holies ( Ezekiel 41:21 ), and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar of burnt offering in the inner court ( Ezekiel 43:14 ), and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court , not of the eastern gate only, as Hitzig suggests, but of all the three gates ( Ezekiel 40:29 , Ezekiel 40:33 , Ezekiel 40:36 ). Compare Ezekiel 43:20 , and the procedure in sin offerings under the Law, which directed that in certain eases part of the blood should be put by the priest's finger upon the horns of the altar, and the rest poured out beside the bottom of the altar ( Exodus 29:12 ; Le Exodus 4:7 ), while in other cases it should be sprinkled before the veil of the sanctuary (Le Ezekiel 4:6 , Ezekiel 4:17 ), and on the great Day of Atonement seven times even on and before the mercy-seat, and on the altar of incense (Le Ezekiel 16:14 , Ezekiel 16:18 , Ezekiel 16:19 ).