Bible Commentary

So the altar [shall be] four cubits; and from the altar and upward [shall be] four horns. 15. So the altar ] And the altar, lit. the hearth of God (Isa 29:1). The word here is spelled harel (mount of God?), and in the next clause ariel (hearth of God). LXX. spells both alike, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:15”

And from the bottom [upon] the ground [even] to the lower settle [shall be] two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle [even] to the greater settle [shall be] four cubits, and the breadth [one] cubit. 14. Two cubits up from the basement the fabric underwent the first contraction, being let … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:14”

And these [are] the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit [is] a cubit and a handbreadth; even the bottom [shall be] a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about [shall be] a span: and this [shall be] the higher place of the altar. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:13”

This [is] the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about [shall be] most holy. Behold, this [is] the law of the house. 12. Upon the top mountain ] Add: shall it be; the whole &c. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges See also Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:12”

And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, show them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write [it] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:11”

Thou son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. 10. ashamed of their iniquities ] i.e. in disregarding the ordinances of the Lord’s house, in defiling it ( Eze 43:7-8), and in committing its services to the hands … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:10”

Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever. Verse 9. Now let them put away their whoredom] Their idolatry. And the carcasses of their kings] It appears that God was displeased with their bringing their kings so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:9”

In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. 8. Ref. is to the fact that the royal palace and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:8”

And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:7”

And I heard [him] speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. 6. heard him speaking ] One speaking. and the man ] Possibly: and a man. No doubt the same man is meant as before. The prophet was transported into the inner court by the spirit, not led as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:6”