Bible Commentary

And it shall be the prince’s part [to give] burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:17”

All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. 16. A.V. margins on this verse ought to be deleted. The words “all the people of the land” are anomalous grammatically; LXX. omits “of the land.” Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 16. All-this oblation for the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:16”

And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD. 15. The due out of the flock was one in two hundred. the fat pastures … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:15”

Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, [ye shall offer] the tenth part of a bath out of the kor, [which is] a homer of ten baths; for ten baths [are] a homer: 14. The cor was another name for the homer, 1Ki 5:2; 2Ch 2:9; 2Ch 27:5. which is a homer baths … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:14”

This [is] the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of a homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of a homer of barley: 13. oblation offer ] The people are addressed. The due which they shall pay the prince is one sixtieth in grain. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:13”

And the shekel [shall be] twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your mina. 12. Cf. Exo 30:13; Lev 27:25; Num 3:47; Num 18:16. The verse at present is without meaning. Read after LXX. (cod. Alex.): and the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; five (shekels) shall be five, and ten … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:12”

The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 11. The homer is assumed as the standard both for liquid and dry measures. The ephah was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:11”

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 10. Cf. Lev 19:35-36; Deu 25:13-15; Mic 6:10-11 (the accursed scanty ephah); Pro 11:1; Pro 16:11; Pro 20:10. From this it appears that the words of Amo 8:5 “making the ephah small and the shekel large” are more than a figure. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:10”

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. 9. take away your exactions ] Lit. remove your expulsions from my people. Ref. probably to unjust extrusion of persons from their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:9”

In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and [the rest of] the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. 8. In the land possession ] In the land it shall be to him for a possession, lit. in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 45:8”