Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:20
And so thou shalt do the seventh [day] of the month for every one that erreth, and for [him that is] simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
20. seventh day of the month ] The text can hardly be so rendered. Probably: in the seventh month, on the new moon (i.e. the first day). LXX. fully: in the seventh month, on the first day of the month. An atonement was made for the sanctuary, purifying it from the defilements of the people, at the beginning of each half-year. No mention is made of burnt-offerings, but cf. Eze 46:6-7.
every one that erreth ] i.e. not for any particular person had in view, but for the people on account of there being among them persons who have erred unwittingly or through simplicity, i.e. natural slowness which may not have apprehended the exact requirements of duty. Ezekiel is speaking of the people in their perfect condition, when, of course, only such mistakes will be committed as are due to inadvertence and the limitations to which the mind of man is subject.
reconcile the house ] make atonement for. Cf. Lev 16:6; Lev 16:18.
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Eze 45:20
And so thou shalt do . . . for everyone that erreth, and for him that is simple.
Provision for the erring and simple
A very touching provision is here. When the services of the newly constituted temple were in full operation, and the priests were performing the usual rites in all the pomp and splendour of their ceremonial on the behalf of all righteous and godly souls, there was to be special thought of the erring and simple; for these two characters a special offering was made. Perhaps the erring were too hardened and the simple too obtuse to bring an offering for themselves; but they were not forgotten. The blood of the sin-offering was to be placed on the posts of the house and on the posts of the gate of the inner court, each seventh day of the month, on their behalf. Whenever we draw around the altar of God, whether in the home or church, we should remember the erring and simple. If a family misses from its ranks one erring member, its prayer and thought are more directed towards that one than to those that have not gone astray. Does not the child who is deficient in its intellect attract more loving care than those who are able to care for themselves? Should it be otherwise in Gods home? (F. B. Meyer, B. A.)
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Verse 20. For him that is simple] That wants understanding to conduct himself properly.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The priest must offer the like sacrifice for cleansing the errors of the people, and reconciling them.
The seventh day; about a week before the passover.
For every one that erreth; for all the errors of all the house of Israel, in all that had erred through ignorance.
For him that is simple; that is, of weak intellectuals, half-witted, or a fool, as the word signifies; or, for one that was seduced.
Reconcile the house, i.e. cleanse, as Eze 45:18, which legally or ceremonially was defiled by those errors done in the city or courts of the house, whither these persons might come, for it is not the temple itself, I suppose, that is here meant.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
20. for him that is simpleforsins of ignorance (Lev 4:2;Lev 4:13; Lev 4:27).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And so thou shall do the seventh day of the month,…. Of the first month Nisan; here is another new rule or law, as Kimchi owns, of which no mention is made in the law of Moses:
for everyone that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house; or, “expiate” it h; make atonement for it; that is, for the house of God, the whole church, all his people; particularly for fallen believers, who have gone astray, either in principle or practice; through ignorance and simplicity, through the prevalence of corruption, the temptations of Satan, and the snares of this world; but are recovered again, and brought to repentance; to whom the doctrines of peace and reconciliation, of free and full pardon by the blood of Christ, and of atonement of all their sins by his sacrifice, are to be preached for the comfort and refreshment of their souls; and they are to be received into the church, having their consciences sprinkled by the blood of Christ; the same things being done on this day as on the first. Jarchi thinks these words are to be transposed thus,
and ye shall reconcile, or “expiate the house from the man that erreth, and the simple one”: quite contrary to the design of the text, which directs to the reception, and not the exclusion, of such persons.
h “ut expietis”, Junius Tremellius, Piscator “et expiabitis”, Cocceius, Starckius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(20) so shall ye reconcile the house.The object of the sin offering on the first day of the month is expressly said to be to cleanse the sanctuary (Eze. 45:18); but here the offering is for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple, i.e., for all who have sinned thoughtlessly rather than wilfully. Yet it is added, so shall ye reconcile the house, more literally, make an atonement for the house; and the question has therefore been raised whether this offering on the seventh day was still for the purification of the sanctuary or for the sins of the people. The answer to this question must be sought in the sacrifices of the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16), which these days seem intended to replace. These were very distinctly for the sins of the priests and the people, and at the same time for the tabernacle. The one involved the other, and the holy place required purification because of the sins of the holy people among whom it was placed.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 45:20 And so thou shalt do the seventh [day] of the month for every one that erreth, and for [him that is] simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
Ver. 20. And so thou shalt. ] This also is a new injunction, see Eze 45:19 and very comfortable to those that sin of passion or precipitancy. See 1Jn 2:1-2 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
month. The Septuagint adds “on the first day of the month”.
for every one, &c. They do not offer themselves. The sacrifices here are national, not individual. See note on Eze 45:17 above, and on “ordinances”, Eze 43:18.
simple = artless, undesigning.
reconcile = make atonement for.
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reconcile
Heb. “kaphar,” atone. (See Scofield “Dan 9:24”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
every one: Lev 4:27-35, Psa 19:12, Rom 16:18, Rom 16:19, Heb 5:2
that is simple: Who wants understanding to conduct himself properly.
so shall: Eze 45:15, Eze 45:18, Lev 16:20
Reciprocal: Lev 8:15 – to make Jer 18:10 – do Rom 5:10 – reconciled Heb 2:17 – to make
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 45:20. The word simple is from PETj.iAiv which Strong defines, Silly (i.e., seducible),” It is used in this verse to denote one who does not use his mind about his conduct, not that he is really lacking in brain power. Such a person is not regarded with as
much criticism as one who deliberately does wrong.