Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:25
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat [for] a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
25. The statement is somewhat general; strictly the he-goat was offered only on six days ( Eze 43:19), but the burnt-offering was the same all the seven.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 25. Seven days shalt thou prepare] These are, in general, ordinances of the LAW; and may be seen by consulting the parallel passages. All these directions are given that they might follow them, when they should be put in possession of their own land. For in several cases the prophet enters into particulars, as if he had supposed that the book of the law had perished.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
By this it appears that there were seven days appointed for consecrating altar and priests, and that either these three sacrifices were every day of the seven offered up, and their blood sprinkled on the altar, or at least the young bullock every day, and one goat or one ram with it: the word here is copulative, but possibly the sense disjunctive, for so this particle is often used.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering,…. By this it appears that the altar was seven days a consecrating and cleansing; and that on each day a goat was prepared and offered, typical of Christ, as before observed. Here Kimchi owns that this was not according to the order of Moses, or was done by those that came out of the captivity of Babylon; and is obliged to confess that there will be a change or an innovation in the order of sacrifices in time to come, or under the Messiah.
They shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock without blemish; which, either one or all of them, should be offered up on each of the seven days; [See comments on Eze 43:23].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“For seven days you will prepare every day a goat for a sin offering, they will also prepare a young bullock and a ram out of the flock without blemish. For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and purify it. So will they consecrate it (fill its hands). And when they have accomplished the days it shall be that on the eighth day, and from then on, the priests will make your burnt offerings on the altar and your peace offerings, and I will accept you,” says the Lord Yahweh.’
The process was to go on for seven days, with a sin offering, followed by whole (burnt) offerings, every day. This would thoroughly purify the altar, and consecrate it. From then on it would be clean for the purpose of offering whole offerings and peace offerings to Yahweh. The peace offerings included parts that could be eaten by the priests, and in many cases by the people. This would not have been possible had the altar not been fully clean. This speaks strongly of Old Testament sacrifice.
Note that all the offerings are to be made by the priests. In earlier times the people themselves in many cases participated in the acts of sacrifice, but now it was limited to the priests. ‘And I will accept you.’ Once the proper rites had been gone through and the continuing sacrifices offered, the people could be confident of God’s acceptance of them through it.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 43:25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat [for] a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
Ver. 25. Every day a goat. ] Mortification must be a Christian’s daily practice.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 29:35-37, Lev 8:33
Reciprocal: Exo 29:36 – every day Lev 8:35 – the tabernacle Eze 43:22 – a kid
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 43:25. These stipulations were similar to the requirements made in the law of Moses, (See Exo 29:35; Lev 8:33.) The first 5 chapters of Leviticus give the details of many of the principal sacrifices the Jews were required to offer, and other items are to be found in later chapters of that book.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
On each of the seven days Ezekiel was to prepare a goat for a sin offering and a young bull and a ram as burnt offerings. These sacrifices also had to be without blemish, and they would make atonement and purify the altar. This seven-day ceremony would consecrate the altar for service (cf. Exo 29:36-37).