Ezequiel 44:26

26 Y después de su purificación, le contarán siete días

Ezequiel 44:26 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 44:26

And after he is cleansed
From any sin or iniquity, failing and imperfection, that he has been guilty of at such seasons, in mourning for the dead, by a fresh application of the blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin; typified by the water of separation, made of the ashes of the red heifer, by which those who were in this way ceremoniously unclean were cleansed, ( Hebrews 9:13 Hebrews 9:14 ) : they shall reckon unto him seven days;
that is, seven days shall be reckoned from the time of his cleansing, before he enters on public service again: according to the old law, seven days were reckoned from the defilement to the purification; here seven more are numbered after the purification is made; and therefore, as Kimchi truly notes, this is a new law or rule, to be observed in after times.

Ezequiel 44:26 In-Context

24 Y en el pleito ellos estarán para juzgar; por mis derechos le juzgarán; y mis leyes y mis decretos guardarán en todas mis solemnidades, y santificarán mis sábados

25 Y a hombre muerto no entrará el sacerdote para contaminarse; mas sobre padre, o madre, o hijo, o hija, hermano, o hermana que no haya tenido marido, sí podrán contaminarse

26 Y después de su purificación, le contarán siete días

27 Y el día que entrare al Santuario, al atrio de adentro, para ministrar en el Santuario, ofrecerá su pecado, dijo el Señor DIOS

28 Y esto será a ellos por heredad; yo seré su heredad; y no les daréis posesión en Israel; yo soy su posesión