Ezekiel 45:10-20

10 "You shall have 1just balances, a just 2ephah and a just 3bath.
11 "The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity, so that the bath will contain a tenth of a 4homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; their standard shall be according to the homer.
12 "The 5shekel shall be twenty 6gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five * shekels, and fifteen * shekels shall be your maneh.
13 "This is the offering that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley;
14 and the prescribed portion of oil (namely, the bath of oil ), a tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths are a homer );
15 and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel -for a 7grain offering, for a burnt offering and for peace offerings, to 8make atonement for them," declares the Lord GOD.
16 "9All the people of the land shall give to this offering for the 10prince in Israel.
17 "It shall be the 11prince's part to provide the 12burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the drink offerings, at the 13feasts, on the 14new moons and on the sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering and the 15peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel."
18 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "In the 16first month, on the first of the month, you shall take a young bull 17without blemish and 18cleanse the sanctuary.
19 "The priest shall take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the door posts of the house, on the 19four corners of the 20ledge of the altar and on the posts of the gate of the inner court.
20 "Thus you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who goes 21astray or is naive; so you shall make 22atonement for the house.

Ezekiel 45:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

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 45:1-4, another for the Levites and their chambers, Eze 45:5, and another for the city, for the Israelites in common, Eze 45:6, and the last for the prince; and of the situation and extent of it, Eze 45:7,8 and of the righteous administration of civil government in the time of the spiritual reign of Christ, in abstinence from violence and exactions, and doing justice, for which orders and directions are given, Eze 45:9-12, then of the oblations of the people of the land, Eze 45:13-16, and next of those that are to be prepared by the prince, Eze 45:17, and the times of the offering of them, at the beginning of the year, on the feasts of the passover and tabernacles, Eze 45:18-25, the rules for which are so different from the Mosaic law, as show the abrogation of that; and that all this is to be understood in a spiritual and evangelic sense.

Cross References 22

  • 1. Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:15; Proverbs 16:11; Amos 8:4-6; Micah 6:10, 11
  • 2. Isaiah 5:10
  • 3. Isaiah 5:10
  • 4. Isaiah 5:10
  • 5. Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47
  • 6. Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47
  • 7. Ezekiel 45:17
  • 8. Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 6:30
  • 9. Exodus 30:14, 15
  • 10. Isaiah 16:1
  • 11. Ezekiel 46:4-12
  • 12. 1 Kings 8:64; 1 Chronicles 16:2; 2 Chronicles 31:3
  • 13. Leviticus 23:1-44; Num 28:1-29:39
  • 14. Isaiah 66:23
  • 15. 1 Kings 8:63; Ezekiel 43:27
  • 16. Exodus 12:2
  • 17. Leviticus 22:20; Hebrews 9:14
  • 18. Leviticus 16:16, 33; Ezekiel 43:22, 26
  • 19. Leviticus 16:18-20; Ezekiel 43:20
  • 20. Ezek 43:14, 17, 20
  • 21. Leviticus 4:27; Psalms 19:12
  • 22. Leviticus 16:20; Ezekiel 45:15, 18

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