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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Ezekiel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 319,055 words · 620 reading sections
Ezekiel 47:6
Ezekiel 47:6 Ver. 6. And he said unto me, son of man, hast thou seen this? &c]. That is, the man that measured the waters said to the prophet, hast thou carefully observed all this from whence the waters flowed? from what small beginnings they rose, and gradually increased? how they first issued forth, as out of a via…
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Ezekiel 47:7 Ver. 7. Now when I had returned,.... To the brink of the river: behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side, and on the other; here was a new wonder observed, which had not been before; and therefore this note of admiration, "behold!" is prefixed; on a sudden sprung up trees on …
216 wordsSECTION 603Ezekiel 47:8
Ezekiel 47:8 Ver. 8. Then said he unto me,.... The man that measured the waters spoke to the prophet again, and showed him the course of the waters; the quickening and healing virtue of them, and the multitude of fish in them: these waters issue out toward the east country; the Gospel was first preached in the easter…
656 wordsSECTION 604Ezekiel 47:9
Ezekiel 47:9 Ver. 9. And it shall come to pass that everything that liveth, which moveth,.... That is, every living man; everyone that lives naturally or corporeally, that lives, moves, and has his being in God, as all men have, Ac 17:28,whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; or, "the two rivers" {i}; the wa…
4,702 wordsSECTION 605Ezekiel 48:1
Ezekiel 48:1 INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 48 In this chapter an account is given of the portions of the twelve tribes in the land of Israel; seven to the north of the sanctuary, Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah, Eze 48:1, between which and Benjamin lay the holy portion of the land, for the sanctu…
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Ezekiel 48:2 Ver. 2. And by the border of Dan,.... Next to it, just by it, closely adjoining to it; for it should be observed, that these tribes, and their inheritances, are contiguous to each other; which denotes the union of true Christians, or believers in Christ, with each other; they are members one of another, o…
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Ezekiel 48:3 Ver. 3. And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. Close to the tribe of Asher and his inheritance, in the same direction from east to west, lay the part assigned to the tribe of Naphtali: such Christians who are wrestlers with God in prayer, and agains…
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Ezekiel 48:4 Ver. 4. And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. Just in like manner, next to Naphtali lay the tribe of Manasseh, and the portion of land appointed for that tribe; even such Christians who "forget" the things that are behind, and reach to those that are…
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Ezekiel 48:5 Ver. 5. And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. Close to the tribe of Manasseh, and the inheritance of it, which is no more reckoned a half, but a whole tribe, and has an inheritance equal to the rest, lay the tribe of Ephraim, and the inheritance assig…
101 wordsSECTION 610Ezekiel 48:6
Ezekiel 48:6 Ver. 6. And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. Who, through his sin, lost his birthright; but now, his sin being forgiven and forgotten, has a portion assigned him upon the border of Ephraim, and next to the tribe of Judah; when in Moses and Joshua's tim…
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Ezekiel 48:7 Ver. 7. And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. Such who "confess" the Lord before men, and "praise" his name for all blessings, temporal and spiritual, they receive from him: these seven tribes already mentioned, as they lay contiguous to each other, and h…
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Ezekiel 48:8 Ver. 8. And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering,.... Or the oblation of a holy portion of the land unto the Lord before made mention of, Eze 45:1 this was close by the tribe of Judah, and in the same direction with that and the rest of the tribes, proceedin…
254 wordsSECTION 613Ezekiel 48:9
Ezekiel 48:9 Ver. 9. The oblation that ye shall offer to the Lord,.... That which belonged to the sanctuary, and to the priests, which was taken and separated for that use; which here, and in the following verses, is particularly and separately considered: shall be of five and twenty thousand in length; that is, five…
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Ezekiel 48:10 Ver. 10. And for them, even the priests, shall be this holy oblation,.... This holy portion of land, excepting that which is for the sanctuary, is to be for the use of the priests to build houses on to dwell in; signifying, that the ministers of the Gospel are to be taken care of, and sufficient provisio…
165 wordsSECTION 615Ezekiel 48:11
Ezekiel 48:11 Ver. 11. It shall be for the priests that are sanctified,.... That are set apart by the Lord; called by him to this office, and sanctified with the gifts and graces of his Spirit; and so fitted and qualified for the work: of the sons of Zadok, which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the ch…
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Ezekiel 48:12 Ver. 12. And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy,.... Be peculiarly theirs, and not converted to any other use; but be accounted most sacred, and not alienable, or made use of by other persons, or to other purposes by the border of the Levites; it should be cont…
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Ezekiel 48:13 Ver. 13. And over against the border of the priests,.... Next to their border, close to it, running parallel with it: the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth; for accommodations for them; for chambers to lodge in, and other uses; all concerned in the house …
136 wordsSECTION 618Ezekiel 48:14
Ezekiel 48:14 Ver. 14. And they shall not sell of it,.... Any part of it that is allotted to them, neither the priests nor the Levites; simony is not to be practised: neither exchange; for any other land in lieu of it: nor alienate the first fruits of the land; or appropriate them to any other use than that of the p…
135 wordsSECTION 619Ezekiel 48:15
Ezekiel 48:15 Ver. 15. And the five thousand that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand,.... Which belonged to the Levites, which was a square of twenty five thousand reeds by twenty five thousand; by the side of, or parallel to, the twenty five thousand in length, ran twenty five thousand …
419 wordsSECTION 620Ezekiel 48:16
Ezekiel 48:16 Ver. 16. And this shall be the measures thereof,.... Of the city: the north side four thousand and five hundred; that is, measures or reeds: the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred; in all eight…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.