Ezekiel 40:6

unto.

20; 8:16; 11:1; 43:1; 44:1; 46:1,12; 1Ch 9:18,24; Ne 3:29; Jer 19:2

which looketh. Heb. whose face was the way. stairs.

26; 1Ki 6:8

threshold.

10:18; 43:8; 46:2; 47:1; Ps 84:10; *marg:

one reed.

5,7

Ezekiel 42:15

measuring.

41:2-5,15

gate.

40:6-16

Ezekiel 44:1

1 The east gate assigned only to the prince.

4 The priests reproved for polluting the sanctuary.

9 Idolaters incapable of the priests office.

15 The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto.

17 Ordinances for the priests.

the outward.So called in opposition to the temple itself, which was the inner sanctuary.

40:6,17; 42:14; 2Ch 4:9; 20:5; 33:5; Ac 21:28-30

looketh.

43:1,4; 46:1

Ezekiel 46:1

1 Ordinances for the prince in his worship;

9 and for the people.

16 An order for the prince's inheritance.

19 The courts for boiling and baking.

Thus saith.Whether the rules for public worship here laid down were designed to be observed in those things wherein they differed from the law of Moses, in the ministrations of the second temple, is not certain. In the latter history of the Jewish church, the law of Moses only was followed, except in the corruption of following the traditions of the fathers.

The gate.The prophet had before observed that the east gate of the outer court was shut, and was told that it must only be opened for the prince; and now he is informed that the gate of the inner court on the east was also shut, and is to be opened only on the sabbath and new moons, till the evening.

shall be shut.

44:1,2

six working.

Ge 3:19; Ex 20:9; Lu 13:14

on the sabbath.

45:17; Isa 66:23; Heb 4:9,10
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