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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Ezekiel 46"
description: "CHAPTER 46   :-. CONTINUATION OF THE
ORDINANCES FOR THE PRINCE
AND FOR THE PEOPLE IN
THEIR WORSHIP. 2. The prince is to go through
the east gate without ("
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---

CHAPTER 46

. CONTINUATION OF THE
ORDINANCES FOR THE PRINCE
AND FOR THE PEOPLE IN
THEIR WORSHIP.

**2.** The prince is to go through
the east gate without (open on the Sabbath only, to mark its peculiar
sanctity) to the entrance of the gate of the inner court; he is to go
no further, but "stand by the post" (compare [1 Kings 8:14](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/14);
[1 Kings 8:22](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/22), Solomon standing before
the altar of the Lord in the presence of the congregation; also
[2 Kings 11:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/14); [2 Kings 23:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/3),
"by a pillar": the customary place), the court within
belonging exclusively to the priests. There, as representative of the
people, in a peculiarly near relation to God, he is to present his
offerings to Jehovah, while at a greater distance, the people are to
stand worshipping at the outer gate of the same entrance. The
offerings on Sabbaths are larger than those of the Mosaic law, to
imply that the worship of God is to be conducted by the prince and
people in a more munificent spirit of self-sacrificing liberality
than formerly.

**9.** The worshippers were on the
great feasts to pass from one side to the other, through the temple
courts, in order that, in such a throng as should attend the
festivals, the ingress and egress should be the more unimpeded, those
going out not being in the way of those coming in.

**10. prince in the midst**—not
isolated as at other times, but joining the great throng of
worshippers, at their head, after the example of David (, "I had gone with the multitude . . . to the house of
God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept
holy day"); the highest in rank animating the devotions of the
rest by his presence and example.

**12-15.** Not only is he to perform
*official* acts of worship on holy days and feasts, but in
"voluntary" offerings daily he is to show his individual
zeal, surpassing all his people in liberality, and so setting them a
princely example.

**16-18.** The prince's possession
is to be inalienable, and any portion given to a servant is to revert
to his sons at the year of jubilee, that he may have no temptation to
spoil his people of their inheritance, as formerly (compare Ahab and
Naboth, [1 Kings 21:1-29](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/1-29)).
The mention of the year of jubilee implies that there is something
literal meant, besides the spiritual sense. The jubilee year was
restored after the captivity [JOSEPHUS,
*Antiquities,* 14.10,6; 1 Maccabees 6:49]. Perhaps it
will be restored under Messiah's coming reign. Compare [Isaiah 61:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/61/2);
[Isaiah 61:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/61/3), where "the
acceptable year of the Lord" is closely connected with the
comforting of the mourners in Zion, and "the day of vengeance"
on Zion's foes. The mention of the prince's *sons* is another
argument against Messiah being meant by "the prince."

**19-24.** Due regard is to be had
for the sanctity of the officiating priests' food, by cooking courts
being provided close to their chambers. One set of apartments for
cooking was to be at the corners of the *inner* court, reserved
for the flesh of the sin offerings, to be eaten only by the priests
whose perquisite it was ([Leviticus 6:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/25);
[Leviticus 7:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/7)), before coming forth to
mingle again with the people; another set at the corners of the *outer*
court, for cooking the flesh of the peace offerings, of which the
people partook along with the priests. All this implies that no
longer are the common and unclean to be confounded with the sacred
and divine, but that in even the least things, as eating and
drinking, the glory of God is to be the aim ([Leviticus 7:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/7)).

**22. courts joined**—FAIRBAIRN
translates, "roofed" or "vaulted." But these
cooking apartments seem to have been uncovered, to let the smoke and
smell of the meat the more easily pass away. They were "joined"
or "attached" to the walls of the courts at the corners of
the latter [MENOCHIUS].

**23. boiling places**—boilers.
**under the rows**—At the
foot of the rows, that is, in the lowest part of the *walls,*
were the places for boiling made.

**19-24.** Due regard is to be had
for the sanctity of the officiating priests' food, by cooking courts
being provided close to their chambers. One set of apartments for
cooking was to be at the corners of the *inner* court, reserved
for the flesh of the sin offerings, to be eaten only by the priests
whose perquisite it was ([Leviticus 6:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/25);
[Leviticus 7:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/7)), before coming forth to
mingle again with the people; another set at the corners of the *outer*
court, for cooking the flesh of the peace offerings, of which the
people partook along with the priests. All this implies that no
longer are the common and unclean to be confounded with the sacred
and divine, but that in even the least things, as eating and
drinking, the glory of God is to be the aim ([Leviticus 7:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/7)).

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