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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Ezekiel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 319,055 words · 620 reading sections
Ezekiel 42:7
Ezekiel 42:7 Ver. 7. And the wall that was without over against the chambers,.... This wall separated and distinguished the chambers from the outward court, as well as was a protection of them; and signifies the grace and power of God, which separates his true churches from the world, and is the security of them; See …
172 wordsSECTION 542Ezekiel 42:8
Ezekiel 42:8 Ver. 8. For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits,.... Which was the reason why the wall was of the same length, that it might be answerable to them; here length is put for breadth; see Eze 42:2, this measure was from the north to south, as Lipman {x} observes: and lo, …
215 wordsSECTION 543Ezekiel 42:9
Ezekiel 42:9 Ver. 9. And from under these chambers,.... Or, "from the lower part of these chambers" {z}; or, "from the lowest" of them there was a space, as may be supplied, and as is by Cocceius and Starchius; and as there was a wall to the west of them, so there was a void space to the east; and as follows: the ent…
194 wordsSECTION 544Ezekiel 42:10
Ezekiel 42:10 Ver. 10. The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east,.... As there were chambers in the northern part of the outward court, some which looked to the north, and others to the south, so likewise some to the east; and these were built on the breadth, as it may be rendered, of…
103 wordsSECTION 545Ezekiel 42:11
Ezekiel 42:11 Ver. 11. And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north,.... The way before these eastern chambers was exactly like to that of the northern chambers; which was either the way of one cubit into them, or the walk of ten cubits before them, or both; signifying th…
263 wordsSECTION 546Ezekiel 42:12
Ezekiel 42:12 Ver. 12. And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south,.... That is, the doors of these eastern chambers were exactly like to the doors of the southern chambers, as well as to the northern ones: was a door in the head of the way; or beginning of the way; the door opened into the …
187 wordsSECTION 547Ezekiel 42:13
Ezekiel 42:13 Ver. 13. Then said he unto me,.... The divine Person that measured and described these chambers, and brought the prophet to take a view of them, said to him, as follows: the north chambers, and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers; these are the two rows of cham…
2,360 wordsSECTION 548Ezekiel 43:1
Ezekiel 43:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 43 The temple or house of God being measured, the worship of God in it is pointed out and observed in this and the following chapter; and which, though evangelical, is expressed in the language of the Old Testament. An account is given of the glory of the Lord returning to the hou…
253 wordsSECTION 549Ezekiel 43:2
Ezekiel 43:2 Ver. 2. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east,.... The God of Israel is Jehovah the Father, the covenant God of literal Israel; and the covenant God and Father of the whole spiritual Israel, or his elect, whether Jews or Gentiles; whom he has taken into covenant, loves,…
563 wordsSECTION 550Ezekiel 43:3
Ezekiel 43:3 Ver. 3. And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,.... Recorded in the first, ninth, and tenth chapters of this book; the form in which the glory of the God of Israel now appeared was like to what he then saw; in each of which visions was the likeness of a throne, and on it the appe…
302 wordsSECTION 551Ezekiel 43:4
Ezekiel 43:4 Ver. 4. And the glory of the Lord came into the house, &e.] Before described and measured; and being fitted and prepared, the builder and owner of it comes and takes up his residence in it; as Christ will do in his church, more especially and more visibly in the latter day: by the way of the gate whose p…
105 wordsSECTION 552Ezekiel 43:5
Ezekiel 43:5 Ver. 5. So the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court,.... The prophet was fallen down on his face, upon the sight of the glory of the Lord, and there he lay, until a wind came, as the word signifies; or the Holy Spirit, which is compared to the wind, for its invisible and irresistible pow…
291 wordsSECTION 553Ezekiel 43:6
Ezekiel 43:6 Ver. 6. And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house,.... The holy place, the prophet being in the inward court: this is Jehovah the Father, the God of Israel, whose glory entered into it; who utters his voice out of Zion; who speaks in his church by his word, and the ministers of it; and which is to…
239 wordsSECTION 554Ezekiel 43:7
Ezekiel 43:7 Ver. 7. And he said unto me, son of man,.... A kind, usual, and singular appellation, given to this prophet: these are the words either of the man that stood by him, so the Arabic version; or of Jehovah, speaking out of the house to him: the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet: that…
574 wordsSECTION 555Ezekiel 43:8
Ezekiel 43:8 Ver. 8. In their setting of their threshold by my threshold,.... The threshold is the way of entrance into the house; when men open any other way of entrance into the house of God than he has directed, it is setting up their threshold by his: the Gospel way of entrance into the church of Christ is Christ …
434 wordsSECTION 556Ezekiel 43:9
Ezekiel 43:9 Ver. 9. Now let them put away their whoredom,.... Idolatry, superstition, and will worship, with which the corrupt church of Rome abounds; and whatever appearance thereof is in the reformed churches: and the carcasses of their kings far from me; their idols; See Gill on "Eze 43:7", and I will dwell in t…
152 wordsSECTION 557Ezekiel 43:10
Ezekiel 43:10 Ver. 10. Thou son of man, show the house,.... That is, the house the prophet had seen measured, its gates, courts, and all belonging to it; which he was at first bid to observe, that he might show it to others; the house that the glory of the Lord was now come into, and had filled; and which is no other …
388 wordsSECTION 558Ezekiel 43:11
Ezekiel 43:11 Ver. 11. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done,.... As sinful and, criminal, at least as very imperfect and defective, and not answerable to the pattern shown them, from which they have sadly deviated; if made sensible of this, and they acknowledge it with shame, not only the house in general…
546 wordsSECTION 559Ezekiel 43:12
Ezekiel 43:12 Ver. 12. This is the law of the house,.... Which follows, the more general one, which comprehends the rest: upon the top of the mountain; denoting the exaltation and visibility of the church of Christ in the latter day, as well as its firmness and stability; see Isa 2:2: the whole limit thereof round a…
123 wordsSECTION 560Ezekiel 43:13
Ezekiel 43:13 Ver. 13. And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits,.... Of the altar of burnt offering, which though measured before, the dimensions were not given till now; see Eze 40:47, this altar was a type of Christ, Heb 13:10 with respect to his deity, which is greater than the sacrifice of his huma…
3,015 wordsSECTION 561Ezekiel 44:1
Ezekiel 44:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 44 This chapter treats of the eastern gate of the temple being appropriated to the use of the prince, Eze 44:1, of the sin of the Lord's people, in admitting strangers and unholy persons into the sanctuary, either to officiate or communicate there, Eze 44:4 of the degrading of the…
390 wordsSECTION 562Ezekiel 44:2
Ezekiel 44:2 Ver. 2. Then said the Lord unto me, this gate shall be shut,.... In time to come, as Jarchi interprets it, in the latter day; it was shut, and it should continue to be shut: it shall not be opened; any more; though it has been, yet hereafter no more: and no man shall enter in by it, into the house of th…
661 wordsSECTION 563Ezekiel 44:3
Ezekiel 44:3 Ver. 3. It is for the prince: the prince shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord,.... Or, "as for the prince, the prince shall sit in it" {e}; in the gate which is shut to others: not the high priest, as Jarchi, though he might have a particular seat in the temple, as Eli had in the tabernacle, 1Sa 1…
500 wordsSECTION 564Ezekiel 44:4
Ezekiel 44:4 Ver. 4. Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house,.... The north gate of the inward court, whither he was brought from the east gate, which was shut: this, and what follow, may have some respect to the churches in these our northern parts of the world, in their now declining circumstan…
142 wordsSECTION 565Ezekiel 44:5
Ezekiel 44:5 Ver. 5. And the Lord said unto me, son of man,.... This is still the voice of the Lord speaking out of the house to the prophet, Eze 43:6: mark well; or, "set thine heart" {f}; be attentive to what is about to be said, as being of great concern and importance: and behold with thine eyes, and hear with t…
230 wordsSECTION 566Ezekiel 44:6
Ezekiel 44:6 Ver. 6. And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel,.... This is a character of literal Israel from the beginning, De 9:24, and frequently given it in this prophecy, Eze 2:2 Eze 3:9 and well agrees with these declining churches in the latter day, and even in our times; it represents …
196 wordsSECTION 567Ezekiel 44:7
Ezekiel 44:7 Ver. 7. In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers,.... Unregenerate men, who are in a state of alienation and estrangement to divine and spiritual things: strangers to God; to the true knowledge of him in Christ; to the fear and love of God; to the true grace of God in conversion; and to communi…
598 wordsSECTION 568Ezekiel 44:8
Ezekiel 44:8 Ver. 8. And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things,.... That is, have not kept and retained the holy doctrines of the Gospel; nor observed the holy ordinances of it, as they were first delivered: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves; meaning either, that such as we…
131 wordsSECTION 569Ezekiel 44:9
Ezekiel 44:9 Ver. 9. Thus saith the Lord God,.... This that follows is the law and rule to be observed, and which will be observed by the churches in the latter day, though so little regarded now: no stranger uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary; of these See Gill on "Eze …
348 wordsSECTION 570Ezekiel 44:10
Ezekiel 44:10 Ver. 10. And the Levites that are gone away far from me,.... These Levites were priests, as appears from Eze 44:13, who professed themselves Gospel preachers, ministers of the reformed churches; but departed from the reformation principles; erred from the faith; and either mixed it with the doctrines of …
448 wordsSECTION 571Ezekiel 44:11
Ezekiel 44:11 Ver. 11. Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary,.... Though degraded from their office as priests and ministers of the word, yet being restored from their sins and errors, shall have a place in the house of God, and do their work there in a less honourable and a more servile way; as in former times,…
288 wordsSECTION 572Ezekiel 44:12
Ezekiel 44:12 Ver. 12. Because they ministered unto them before their idols,.... Had officiated for them in the priest's office, their idols being in the courts of the Lord at the same time; or preached unto them false doctrines, such as are not agreeable to the word of God; and led them into superstition and will wor…
5,429 wordsSECTION 573Ezekiel 45:1
Ezekiel 45:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 45 This chapter treats of the division of the land in future time, and the persons and uses for which it is to be made; one part being for the sanctuary, and the priests that serve in it, and for their houses for them to dwell in, Eze 45:1, another for the Levites and their chambe…
889 wordsSECTION 574Ezekiel 45:2
Ezekiel 45:2 Ver. 2. Of this there shall be for the sanctuary,.... Or temple, the house before described in the preceding chapters: five hundred in length, and five hundred in breadth, square round about: that is, five hundred reeds square, as is manifest from Eze 42:16, and this denotes the largeness, perfection, an…
150 wordsSECTION 575Ezekiel 45:3
Ezekiel 45:3 Ver. 3. And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand,.... Not that the sense is, that of and according to the cubit measure last mentioned, this length and this breadth should be measured; but "after this measure", as Starckius renders it, …
163 wordsSECTION 576Ezekiel 45:4
Ezekiel 45:4 Ver. 4. The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary,.... That is, the rest of it, which is not for the sanctuary, shall be for the use of the priests that minister in holy things in the sanctuary; either the ministers of the Gospel, who shall have a sufficient mai…
203 wordsSECTION 577Ezekiel 45:5
Ezekiel 45:5 Ver. 5. And the five and twenty thousand, of length, and ten thousand of breadth,.... This seems to be another portion of the land, distinct from the former, though of the same measure; see Eze 48:13: shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves; separate from the priests, to w…
151 wordsSECTION 578Ezekiel 45:6
Ezekiel 45:6 Ver. 6. And ye shall appoint the possession of the city, &e.] Which is something distinct from the house or temple, which was as the frame of a city, being so large, and consisting of so many parts, Eze 40:2 and seems also different from the city in Eze 48:30, the measures of the one and of the other not …
353 wordsSECTION 579Ezekiel 45:7
Ezekiel 45:7 Ver. 7. And a portion shall be for the prince,.... Meaning not the civil magistrate; though he ought to be supported in his dignity and authority, and in such manner that he may be under no temptation to oppress his subjects; and who ought to be, and at this time will be, the protector of the Lord's peopl…
726 wordsSECTION 580Ezekiel 45:8
Ezekiel 45:8 Ver. 8. In the land shall be his possession in Israel,.... Or, "as for the land, it shall be his for a possession in Israel" {a}; the people of the land shall be a people for possession, as in 1Pe 2:9 or a peculiar people of his throughout all Israel; all the spiritual Israel, whether Jew or Gentile, shal…
172 wordsSECTION 581Ezekiel 45:9
Ezekiel 45:9 Ver. 9. Thus saith the Lord, let it suffice you, O princes of Israel,.... Christian kings and princes, for such there shall be in those times; and who will have large and ample salaries provided for them, as they should have to support their dignity; and with which they should be content, as they will be,…
291 wordsSECTION 582Ezekiel 45:10
Ezekiel 45:10 Ver. 10. Ye shall have just balances,.... That is, take care that true weights and just measures be used in trade and commerce, that so one man may not impose upon and cheat another; which is the business of the civil magistrate to look after:and a just ephah, and a just bath; and not make the ephah smal…
4,106 wordsSECTION 583Ezekiel 46:1
Ezekiel 46:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 46 This chapter treats of the shutting of the eastern gate of the inner court on working days, and opening it on sabbaths and new moons, for the prince and people to worship in, Eze 46:1, gives a further account of the sacrifices of both at these seasons, and of their different wa…
801 wordsSECTION 584Ezekiel 46:2
Ezekiel 46:2 Ver. 2. And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without,.... That is, by the way of the porch of the eastern gate, even the outermost gate of the porch; for, as every gate had a porch, so every porch had two gates, one at one end, and the other at the other; now this was the outerm…
451 wordsSECTION 585Ezekiel 46:3
Ezekiel 46:3 Ver. 3. Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord,.... Publicly, and in a spiritual manner; attending the ministration of the word and ordinances with constancy and fervency; praying to God, praising his name, and hearing his word with attention; and performing…
100 wordsSECTION 586Ezekiel 46:4
Ezekiel 46:4 Ver. 4. And the burnt offering the prince shall offer unto the Lord in the sabbath day,.... In Eze 45:17, it is said to be the prince's part to give and prepare sacrifices in the feasts, new moons, sabbaths, and all solemnities; and there follows an account of them, for New Year's Day, and for the feasts …
353 wordsSECTION 587Ezekiel 46:5
Ezekiel 46:5 Ver. 5. And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram,.... See Gill on "Eze 45:24": and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give; or, and "the gift of his hand" {k}; it was fixed and stinted under the law, Nu 28:9, but now should be free and voluntary, and according to the ability …
176 wordsSECTION 588Ezekiel 46:6
Ezekiel 46:6 Ver. 6. And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish,.... This is also different from the law of Moses, which required two young bullocks and a ram, and seven lambs, Nu 28:11, whereas here only one bullock: and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish; and here Ki…
154 wordsSECTION 589Ezekiel 46:7
Ezekiel 46:7 Ver. 7. And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram,.... See Gill on "Eze 45:24": and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah; See Gill on "Eze 46:5".…
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Ezekiel 46:8 Ver. 8. And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate,.... See Gill on "Eze 46:2"; and he shall go forth by the way thereof; the same way he came in, he shall go out; not so the people; and, to introduce the manner of their going in and out, this is repeated concern…
70 wordsSECTION 591Ezekiel 46:9
Ezekiel 46:9 Ver. 9. But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts,.... To worship the Lord, to pray and praise; to honour the Lord, and keep the solemn feast of love, the Lord's supper: he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south …
252 wordsSECTION 592Ezekiel 46:10
Ezekiel 46:10 Ver. 10. And the prince in the midst of them,.... Christ in the midst of his people while worshipping; this situation of him agrees with all the descriptions of him; as the Angel in the midst of the bush on fire, and not consumed; as among the myrtle trees in the bottom; as walking in the midst of his go…
461 wordsSECTION 593Ezekiel 46:11
Ezekiel 46:11 Ver. 11. And in the feasts, and in the solemnities,.... Or, "appointed times" {l}; for public worship, for the ministration of the word and ordinances, which are feasts and solemn seasons; See Gill on "Eze 45:15". Kimchi observes a difference between these two; and that though all feasts are called solem…
129 wordsSECTION 594Ezekiel 46:12
Ezekiel 46:12 Ver. 12. Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering, or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord,.... That is, on week days, distinct from sabbath days, new moons, feasts, and solemnities, of which before; and seems to have respect to week day lectures, in distinction from the weekly a…
438 wordsSECTION 595Ezekiel 46:13
Ezekiel 46:13 Ver. 13. Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord,.... Called the daily sacrifice, Da 8:11 typical of Christ's sacrifice, which has a continual daily virtue in it, to take away the sins of his people; and which ought to be looked unto faith, and pleaded by them for that purpose every day J…
3,531 wordsSECTION 596Ezekiel 47:1
Ezekiel 47:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 47 This chapter gives an account of the vision of the holy waters, and of the borders of the holy land, and the division of it to Israelites and strangers. The waters are described by the original and spring of them, Eze 47:1, by the progress and increase of them, Eze 47:3, by the…
731 wordsSECTION 597Ezekiel 47:2
Ezekiel 47:2 Ver. 2. Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward,.... Out of the inward court where he was, by the way of the north gate, the eastern gate being shut: and led me about the way without unto the utter gate, by the way that looketh eastward; and from thence he had him round to the outward eas…
524 wordsSECTION 598Ezekiel 47:3
Ezekiel 47:3 Ver. 3. And when the man that had the line in his hand,.... The same as in Eze 40:3 and is no other than Christ, who appeared in a human form to the prophet; and who hitherto had only made use of the measuring reed in taking the dimensions of the house, and what appertained to it; but now he uses the line…
648 wordsSECTION 599Ezekiel 47:4
Ezekiel 47:4 Ver. 4. And again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees,.... The man with his line measured another thousand cubits straight on from the first; and then bid the prophet cross and ford them again, and then they were knee deep: again he measured a thousand,…
209 wordsSECTION 600Ezekiel 47:5
Ezekiel 47:5 Ver. 5. Afterward he measured a thousand,.... A fourth time a thousand cubits. Some think these four measurings respect the preaching of the Gospel in the four parts of the world; but rather they refer to four remarkable seasons of the ministry of it; as in the times of John the Baptist, and the disciples…
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