Ezechiele 44:31

31 Non mangino i sacerdoti alcun carname di uccello, o di bestia morta da sè, o lacerata dalle fiere.

Ezechiele 44:31 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 44:31

The priests shall not eat of anything that is dead of itself,
or torn
They shall have no need to eat of such things, being plentifully provided for with better; nor will it become them so to do through avarice, not allowing themselves to enjoy what is liberally given them. Here the Jewish doctors F20 observe that it is said, the priests shall not eat of these things, suggesting that Israelites might; this puzzles them, therefore they say, Elijah will explain this verse; and the gloss says, till Elijah comes, and explains it to us, we know not how to explain it. In the mystic sense it may signify, that the priests of the Lord should have no communication with such as are dead in sin, or are given to rapine and violence, and should abstain from everything of this kind themselves. Whether it be fowl or beast;
whether Pharisees and high flown professors of religion, or earthly and worldly persons, and such that are immersed in carnal pleasures, in sensual and brutish lusts. The allusion is to the law in ( Leviticus 17:15 ) , which was common to all Israelites, priests and people.


FOOTNOTES:

F20 T. Bab. Menachot, fol. 45. 1.

Ezechiele 44:31 In-Context

29 Essi mangeranno le offerte di panatica, e i sacrificii per lo peccato, e per la colpa; parimente, ogn’interdetto in Israele sarà loro.
30 E le primizie di tutti i primi frutti d’ogni cosa, e tutte le offerte elevate di qualunque cosa, d’infra tutte le vostre offerte, saranno de’ sacerdoti; parimente voi darete al sacerdote le primizie delle vostre paste, per far riposar la benedizione sopra le case vostre.
31 Non mangino i sacerdoti alcun carname di uccello, o di bestia morta da sè, o lacerata dalle fiere.
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