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.
shall divide by lot: Heb. cause the land to fall by lot, Ezekiel 47:21, Ezekiel 48:29, Numbers 34:13, Joshua 13:6, Joshua 14:2, Psalms 16:5, Psalms 16:6
ye shall offer: Ezekiel 45:2-7, Ezekiel 48:8-23, Leviticus 25:23, Proverbs 3:9
an holy portion: Heb. holiness, Zechariah 14:20, Zechariah 14:21
the length: That our translators rightly added the word reeds, is evident from the length and breadth of the sanctuary being exactly the same as before - compare Ezekiel 45:2, with Ezekiel 42:16-19. Estimating the reed at 3+ yards, this holy oblation would constitute a square of nearly fifty miles on every side. From the north side a portion of nearly twenty miles in width, and nearly fifty in length, was appointed for the priests; and in the midst of this portion, the area of the sanctuary, about a mile square, to be enclosed by a wall - Ezekiel 45:1, Ezekiel 45:2. Next to this, on the south, was the Levites' portion, of the same dimensions as that of the priests' - Ezekiel 45:5, and south of this was the portion for the city, of the same length as those of the priests and Levites, but only half the width - Ezekiel 45:6. These three formed the square of 25,000 reeds, or nearly fifty miles; and that set apart for the prince, the breadth of which is not mentioned, extended in length from north to south, along the east and west sides of the square. As Canaan would not admit of so large a portion for the sanctuary, etc., this was no doubt intended to intimate the large extent of the church in the glorious times predicted.
Reciprocal: Numbers 35:2 - General Jeremiah 31:40 - shall be Ezekiel 37:26 - set Ezekiel 45:4 - holy portion Ezekiel 48:4 - by the border Ezekiel 48:15 - for the city
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.
five hundred in length: Ezekiel 42:16-20
suburbs: or, void places
Reciprocal: Numbers 35:3 - General Ezekiel 42:20 - five hundred Ezekiel 45:1 - ye shall offer
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.
and in it: Ezekiel 48:10
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 6:16 - built them Ezekiel 48:13 - five and twenty thousand in
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.
holy portion: Ezekiel 45:1, Ezekiel 44:28, Ezekiel 48:11
which: Ezekiel 40:45, Ezekiel 43:19, Ezekiel 44:13, Ezekiel 44:14, Numbers 16:5
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 48:10 - for the priests Ezekiel 48:12 - a thing Hebrews 10:11 - daily
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.
the five: Ezekiel 48:10, Ezekiel 48:13, Ezekiel 48:20
the ministers: 1 Corinthians 9:13, 1 Corinthians 9:14
for a possession: Ezekiel 40:17, 1 Chronicles 9:26-33, Nehemiah 10:38, Nehemiah 10:39
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 33:18 - General Ezekiel 45:1 - the length
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 city: Ezekiel 48:15-18, Ezekiel 48:30-35
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 45:1 - the length Ezekiel 48:19 - shall serve Zechariah 2:2 - unto
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.
Ezekiel 34:24, Ezekiel 37:24, Ezekiel 46:16-18, Ezekiel 48:21, Psalms 2:8, Psalms 2:9, Isaiah 9:5, Isaiah 9:6, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33
Reciprocal: Joshua 19:49 - gave 1 Samuel 8:9 - the manner
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.
and my princes: In the predicted period, not only shall the ministers and worshippers of God be liberally provided for, but the princes will be both able and willing to defray the expenses of government, without oppressing their subjects, and will rule over them with equity and clemency, as the vicegerents of God; while the people will submit to them conscientiously, and live in peace, prosperity, and holiness. These things seem to be represented in language taken from the customs of the times in which the prophet wrote. Tithes are not mentioned in part of the vision, which shows that the ritual Mosaic law will not be in force. Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:7, Ezekiel 22:27, Ezekiel 46:18, Proverbs 28:16, Isaiah 11:3-5, Isaiah 32:1, Isaiah 32:2, Isaiah 60:17, Isaiah 60:18, Jeremiah 22:17, Jeremiah 23:5, Micah 3:1-4, Zephaniah 3:13, James 2:6, James 5:1-6, Revelation 19:11-16
according: Joshua 11:23
Reciprocal: Joshua 19:49 - gave 1 Samuel 8:9 - the manner Isaiah 1:26 - And I will Ezekiel 44:3 - the prince Ezekiel 48:21 - the residue Zechariah 12:5 - the governors
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.
Let it: Ezekiel 44:6, 1 Peter 4:3
remove: Nehemiah 5:10, Psalms 82:2-5, Isaiah 1:17, Jeremiah 22:3, Zechariah 8:16, Luke 3:14
execute: Ezekiel 43:14-16
take away: Nehemiah 5:1-13, 1 Corinthians 6:7, 1 Corinthians 6:8
exactions: Heb. expulsions, Job 20:19, Job 22:9, Job 24:2-12, Micah 2:1, Micah 2:2, Micah 2:9
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:25 - General 2 Samuel 14:26 - two hundred shekels Nehemiah 5:7 - Ye exact usury Isaiah 16:3 - execute Ezekiel 22:27 - princes Micah 6:10 - and Zechariah 7:9 - saying Zechariah 12:5 - the governors Matthew 18:28 - and took Acts 24:25 - righteousness 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - go
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. I
Leviticus 19:35, Leviticus 19:36, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 21:3, Amos 8:4-6, Micah 6:10, Micah 6:11
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 25:13 - in thy bag 1 Samuel 10:25 - General Proverbs 20:23 - weights Isaiah 5:10 - one Amos 8:5 - making Luke 16:6 - measures
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.
ephah: The ephah was a dry measure, and the bath a liquid measure, containing about seven gallons, four pints, or three pecks, three pints; and the homer about seventy-five gallons, five pints. Isaiah 5:10
Reciprocal: Leviticus 27:16 - an homer Numbers 11:32 - homers Deuteronomy 25:13 - in thy bag Ruth 2:17 - ephah Ezekiel 45:14 - the tenth Hosea 3:2 - an homer
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your manneh.
the shekel: Exodus 30:13, Leviticus 27:25, Numbers 3:47
twenty shekels: That is, 20+25+15=60; for the maneh as a weight was equal to sixty shekels, though as a coin it was only equal to fifty, weighing about 2 lb. 6 oz.; and reckoning the shekel at 2s 6d being in value 6£ 5s.
Reciprocal: Genesis 23:15 - shekels Genesis 23:16 - four Exodus 30:24 - the shekel Numbers 18:16 - which is Ruth 2:17 - ephah
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:
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:
the tenth: Ezekiel 45:11
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:26 - two thousand Ezra 7:22 - baths of wine
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.
lamb: or, kid
out of the fat: Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Malachi 1:8, Malachi 1:14
peace offerings: or, thank offerings, Ezekiel 45:17
to make: Leviticus 1:4, Leviticus 6:30, Daniel 9:24, Romans 5:10, 2 Corinthians 5:19-21, Ephesians 2:16, Colossians 1:21, Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 9:22, Hebrews 9:23
Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:1 - a sacrifice Leviticus 7:11 - General Leviticus 19:5 - a sacrifice 2 Chronicles 29:24 - reconciliation Ezekiel 45:20 - so shall 2 Corinthians 5:18 - who
All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
the people: Exodus 30:14, Exodus 30:15
shall give this: Heb. shall be for
for: or, with, Isaiah 16:1
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 40:7 - the poor
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.
the prince's: The prince is never mentioned in the ritual appointments of Moses, but here he is required to provide the oblations; and the variations in the Mosaic law, in the number of the several sacrifices, and the proportion of the meat offering to each, being ten times as much as the law prescribed, with several other circumstances, seem more like enacting a new law, than enforcing that of Moses. These variations may intimate a change in the external constitution of the church; and it is probable that they are to be understood emblematically. Ezekiel 46:4-12, 2 Samuel 6:19, 1 Kings 8:63, 1 Kings 8:64, 1 Chronicles 16:2, 1 Chronicles 16:3, 1 Chronicles 29:3-9, 2 Chronicles 5:6, 2 Chronicles 7:4, 2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 8:12, 2 Chronicles 8:13, 2 Chronicles 30:24, 2 Chronicles 31:3, 2 Chronicles 35:7, 2 Chronicles 35:8, Ezra 1:5, Ezra 6:8, Ezra 6:9, Psalms 68:18, John 1:16, Romans 11:35, Romans 11:36, Ephesians 5:2
in the feasts: Leviticus 23:1-44, Numbers 28:1 -Numbers 29:40, Isaiah 66:23
he shall prepare: Psalms 22:15-26, Psalms 22:29, John 6:51-57, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 5:8, Hebrews 13:10, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18
peace offerings: or, thank offerings, Ezekiel 43:27, Colossians 3:17, Hebrews 13:15
Reciprocal: Exodus 29:40 - a drink Numbers 28:11 - in the beginnings 2 Chronicles 29:24 - reconciliation Ezekiel 45:15 - peace offerings Ezekiel 46:1 - on the sabbath Ezekiel 46:12 - as he did Colossians 1:20 - having made peace Colossians 2:16 - the new Hebrews 2:17 - to make
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: This seems to enjoin, not a mere dedication, but an annual purification of the sanctuary; of which there is nothing said in the Mosaic law. Exodus 12:2, Numbers 28:11-15, Matthew 6:33
without blemish: Leviticus 22:20, Hebrews 7:26, Hebrews 9:14, 1 Peter 1:19
and cleanse: Ezekiel 43:22, Ezekiel 43:26, Leviticus 16:16, Leviticus 16:33, Hebrews 9:22-25, Hebrews 10:3, Hebrews 10:4, Hebrews 10:19-22
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 43:18 - to offer Ezekiel 43:19 - a young Ezekiel 45:20 - so shall
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.
and upon the four corners: Ezekiel 43:14, Ezekiel 43:20, Leviticus 16:18-20
Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:16 - an atonement Ezekiel 8:16 - the inner Ezekiel 40:9 - the posts Ezekiel 43:18 - to offer Ezekiel 43:19 - a young
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.
every one: Leviticus 4:27-35, Psalms 19:12, Romans 16:18, Romans 16:19, Hebrews 5:2
that is simple: Who wants understanding to conduct himself properly.
so shall: Ezekiel 45:15, Ezekiel 45:18, Leviticus 16:20
Reciprocal: Leviticus 8:15 - to make Jeremiah 18:10 - do Romans 5:10 - reconciled Hebrews 2:17 - to make
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.
ye shall: Exodus 12:1-51, Leviticus 23:5-8, Numbers 9:2-14, Numbers 28:16-25, Deuteronomy 16:1-8, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 5:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:6 - fourteenth Numbers 28:19 - two young 2 Chronicles 35:1 - the fourteenth John 18:28 - eat
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
the prince: Matthew 20:28, Matthew 26:26-28
bullock: Leviticus 4:14, 2 Corinthians 5:21
Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:5 - General Ezekiel 44:3 - the prince
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.
seven days: Leviticus 23:8
a burnt: Numbers 28:15-31, Numbers 29:5, 11-38
seven bullocks: Numbers 23:1, Numbers 23:2, Job 42:8, Hebrews 10:8-12
Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:5 - General 1 Chronicles 15:26 - bullocks 2 Chronicles 29:21 - seven
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.
Ezekiel 46:5-7, Numbers 28:12-15
Reciprocal: Exodus 29:40 - hin Leviticus 23:13 - the fourth
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.
In the seventh: The prince shall do at the feast of tabernacles the same thing he was desired to do on the passover. Leviticus 23:33-43, Numbers 29:12-38, Deuteronomy 16:13-15, 2 Chronicles 5:3, 2 Chronicles 7:8-10, Nehemiah 8:14-18, Zechariah 14:16-19, John 7:2, John 7:37-39