Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
offer = heave up, See next note.
oblation = a heave offering. See note on Ezekiel 44:30 .
the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . Ih
holy . See note on Exodus 3:5 .
ten. The Septuagint reads twenty. Compare Numbers 35:2 .Joshua 21:2 .
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
for the sanctuary : i.e. the outer court (Ezekiel 42:15-20 ). cubits. See App-51 .
suburbs = void ground outside the outer court, to prevent contact.
And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
five and twenty thousand = about sixty or seventy miles, according to the length of the cubit.
most holy place = holy of holies.
The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
shall be = it [shall be].
the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah. with ' eth = Jehovah Himself. App-4 .I.
And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
for = as.
for twenty chambers : or, of cities to dwell in.
And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
the whole house of Israel . Compare Ezekiel 48:19 .
And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
before = in front of.
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.
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.
Thus saith , &c. See note on Ezekiel 44:9 .
the Lord GOD . Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah . See note on Ezekiel 2:4 ,
and . Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit this "and".
exactions = evictions. saith
the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. I
Ye shall have , &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:36 ). ephah. See App-51 ., bath. See App-51 .
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
the tenth part . See the next note. homer. Hebrew. chomer : not to be confounded with ' omer . The former contained ten ephahs; the latter was one-tenth of an ephah. Compare Exodus 16:16 .
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your manneh.
And the shekel , &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 30:13 , Leviticus 27:25 .Numbers 3:47; Numbers 3:47 ). App-92 .
shekel. See App-51 .
gerahs . See App-51 .
maneh. See App-51 .
This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
offer = offer up.
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
cor . See App-51 .
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.
fat pastures = well = watered land (Singular.) Compare Genesis 13:10 .
meat offering = gift offering. See App-43 . burnt offering. See App-43 .
peace offerings . See App-43 .
to make reconciliation. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 1:4 ). The same expression. App-92 .
reconciliation = atonement.
All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
All the People of the land shall give this = All the People of the land shall be for, &c. The People will not offer individually. The prince will make the national offering for the People or nation as a whole. See note an "ordinances", Ezekiel 43:18 . There is no Hebrew for "give" here.
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, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
And it shall be the prince's part = But on the prince himself shall rest, &c. in all. Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic), Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and in all", thus completing the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ).
solemnities = appointed seasons.
he. The emphasis is thus marked,
sin offering. See App-43 .
for the house of Israel. The People will thus offer through the prince. They are summed up in him.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
In the first month, in the first day of the month. See note on Genesis 8:13 .
bullock. Reil to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:1-14 ). App-92 .
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
settle = ledge. See note on Ezekiel 43:14 .
And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
month. The Septuagint adds "on the first day of the month".
for every one, &c. They do not offer themselves. The sacrifices here are national, not individual. See note on Ezekiel 45:17 above, and on "ordinances", Ezekiel 43:18 .
simple = artless, undesigning.
reconcile = make atonement for.
In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
In the first month, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:19 ). App-92 . This is the Feast of the Passover.
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
for all the People . The People will not do it by families as heretofore, but the prince does it for the whole nation. See notes on verses: Ezekiel 45:17 , Ezekiel 45:20 , above, and Ezekiel 43:18 .
And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
hin . See App-61 .
In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
