Bible Commentary

And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane [place] for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. 15 20. The portion of the oblation assignable to the city. The remaining 5000 in breadth … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:15”

And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for [it is] holy unto the LORD. 14. Seems to apply to the united domain of priests and Levites. the firstfruits ] Possibly: this first-fruits or, best the term being applied to the holy oblation in distinction from the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:14”

And over against the border of the priests the Levites [shall have] five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length [shall be] five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. 13. The portion of the oblation of land assigned to the Levites. The portion of the Levites is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:13”

And [this] oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. 12. Read: And it shall be to them as an oblation out of the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by, &c. Cf. Eze 45:3 seq. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:12”

[It shall be] for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 11. that are sanctified of the sons ] Lit. the priests, the sanctified thing, from the sons. Possibly the words … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:11”

And for them, [even] for the priests, shall be [this] holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:10”

The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD [shall be] of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. 9. ten thousand in breadth ] LXX. twenty thousand. This reading assumes that Eze 48:9 refers to the portion assigned to priests and Levites together. So Eze 48:13 end. The length … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:9”

And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand [reeds in] breadth, and [in] length as one of the [other] parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:8”

And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Judah. Hitherto you have seven of the twelve tribes placed in the northern part of Canaan, and reckoned as they lay in order, where nothing occurs new from the 2nd verse to the 8th. Fuente: English Annotations on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:7”

And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a [portion for] Reuben. 6. Reubendoomed formerly forincest and instability “not to excel” (Ge49:4). So no distinguished prophet, priest, or king had come fromit. Of it were the notorious Dathan and Abiram, the mutineers. Apastoral and Bedouin character marked it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 48:6”