Ezequiel 43:26

26 Durante siete días los sacerdotes harán la expiación por el altar y lo purificarán; de este modo quedará consagrado.

Ezequiel 43:26 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 43:26

Seven days shall they purge the altar, and purify it
Which denotes the perfect purity and sanctification of it; which how to be applied to Christ, (See Gill on Ezekiel 43:20); and they shall consecrate themselves:
the priests shall consecrate themselves, or devote themselves to the service of the altar; so Gospel ministers to the ministry of a crucified Christ: or they themselves should consecrate the altar by the above rites: or rather it may be literally rendered, and they shall fill its hands,
or "their own hands" ^F2; that is, either they shall fill the sides of the altar with sacrifices, as much as it could hold; or the hands of the priests with parts of the sacrifice, or with gifts, as a token of their being inaugurated into, and invested with, the priestly office: so Gospel ministers should have their hands full of, or be filled with, the gifts and graces of the Spirit, and with the knowledge of Christ, his person, offices, grace, righteousness, and sacrifice, that they may minister unto others.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 There is a double reading of the words; the Cetib or textual reading is (wdy) , "its hand"; the Keri or marginal reading is (wydy) , "their own hands".

Ezequiel 43:26 In-Context

24 en presencia del SEÑOR, y los sacerdotes los rociarán con sal y los ofrecerán como holocausto al SEÑOR.

25 Durante siete días ofrecerás diariamente un macho cabrío para el sacrificio por el pecado, y también un ternero y un carnero del rebaño, ambos sin defecto.

26 Durante siete días los sacerdotes harán la expiación por el altar y lo purificarán; de este modo quedará consagrado.

27 Al cabo de estos siete días, y a partir del día octavo, comenzarán a ofrecer sobre el altar los holocaustos y sacrificios de comunión que ustedes ofrezcan. Entonces yo los aceptaré. Lo afirma el SEÑOR».