1.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
Thus saith, &c. See note on Ezekiel 44:9 .
the Lord God . Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah . See note on Ezekiel 2:4 .
2.
And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
his : i.e. the prince, who offers for the nation. See notes above, on Ezekiel 45:16 , Ezekiel 45:17 , Ezekiel 45:20 , Ezekiel 45:22 .
burnt offering . App-43 .
peace offerings . App-43 .
3.
Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
the People of the land . They worship only; they do not offer. Compare Ezekiel 45:16 .
door = entrance.
the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 .
4.
And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
offer = bring near. App-43 .
5.
And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
meat offering = meal, or gift, offering. App-43 . ephah. App-51 .
hin . App-51 .
6.
And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
7.
And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
8.
And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
9.
But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.
solemn feasts = appointed times,
10.
And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
the prince , &c, As for the prince, when they come in, ho shall come in in the midst of them; and when they go forth, he shall go forth.
shall go forth . Heb, text reads "shall they go forth". Some codices read in margin "he"; other codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "he
11.
And in the feast and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
solemnities = appointed seasons.
12.
Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
one. Supply the Ellipsis, "[the gatekeeper] shall".
he shall prepare , &c. It will be the prince's duty to offer for the nation. See notes on Ezekiel 45:16 , Ezekiel 45:17 , Ezekiel 45:20 , Ezekiel 45:22 .
as = according as.
13.
Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.
daily prepare , &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex, Eze 29:38 . Numbers 28:3 ). App-92 .
14.
And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.
for it = thereupon.
temper = mix.
15.
Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.
16.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.
sons. The Septuagint and Syriac read "son's
17.
But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
the year of liberty = the year of jubilee. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25:10 ). App-92 . This shows that this prophecy will, and must yet, be literally fulfilled. Moreover, the jubilee occurred only twice in a century.
but, &c. = truly, it is his own inheritance; as to his sons, to them it shall go.
18.
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
every man. Heb, 'ish . App-14 .
19.
After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
holy . See note on Exodus 3:2 .
chambers = storerooms. Heb, lishkah . See note on Ezekiel 40:17 .
behold . Figure of speech Asterismos . App-6 .
on the two sides = on the farthest side.
20.
Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.
to sanctify the People . Compare Ezekiel 44:19 .
21.
Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
utter = outer. The boiling places.
22.
In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
courts joined = courts covered over, or closed courts, cloisters.
corners. Hebrew. m hukzaoth , This hybrid word has the extraordinary points ( App-31 ) or dots on the top, denoting that it does not properly belong to the primitive text. It is omitted in Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. The clause should therefore read: "these four were of the some measure" (see Ginsburg's Introduction, pp. 382-3).
23.
And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.
And there was a. row of building = And there was an enclosure. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "And there was a now building".
24.
Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.