Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 44:26
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
26. after he is cleansed ] i.e. the priest. The length of time during which he shall remain unclean is not stated. In ordinary cases he who touched a dead body was unclean seven days (Num 19:11). After his cleansing the priest must count seven days, which would imply exclusion from his official duties for 14 days.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
After he is cleansed; after that for seven days he hath kept from the dead, by which the Jews accounted a man was cleansed, for as nearness did defile, so absence did cleanse in this case.
They, the priests, who are about the house of God,
shall reckon unto him seven days; shall appoint seven days more to this defiled person for his cleansing, before he is admitted into the sanctuary.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And after he is cleansed,…. From any sin or iniquity, failing and imperfection, that he has been guilty of at such seasons, in mourning for the dead, by a fresh application of the blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin; typified by the water of separation, made of the ashes of the red heifer, by which those who were in this way ceremoniously unclean were cleansed, Heb 9:13:
they shall reckon unto him seven days; that is, seven days shall be reckoned from the time of his cleansing, before he enters on public service again: according to the old law, seven days were reckoned from the defilement to the purification; here seven more are numbered after the purification is made; and therefore, as Kimchi truly notes, this is a new law or rule, to be observed in after times.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(26) Reckon unto him seven days.In Eze. 44:23-24, the general duties of the priests are prescribed in terms taken from the Mosaic law, and in Eze. 44:25-27 special instructions are given about the defilement from a dead body. These are in general an exact repetition of Lev. 21:1-4; but, in accordance with the principle mentioned in the last Note, there is added to the ordinary cleansing of seven days (Num. 19:11-17) another period of seven days, after which Ezekiel requires (Eze. 44:27) the priest to offer a sin offering before entering again on his duties.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
26, 27. The ordinary person was counted unclean for seven days after touching a dead body (Num 29:11), but the priest must wait another seven days, after which he could offer his sin offering (xliii, 19) and return to his duties.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
Ver. 26. And after he is cleansed. ] This is a new sanction in the new temple, as Vatablus observeth.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
And after he is cleansed. seven days. Reference to Pentateuch (Num 6:10, “on the eighth day “). App-92.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Num 6:10-21, Num 19:11-13, Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 44:26. When it was necessary for a priest to handle a dead body, he was not permitted to resume his official service until he had been cleansed, which required a period of 7 days including certain ceremonies.