Ezekiel 45:16

16 "All of the people of the land shall join [in] to this contribution with the prince in Israel.

Ezekiel 45:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 45:16

All the people of the land shall give this oblation
None shall be exempted from it; all according to their capacity and ability shall contribute to the support of the ministry, and the service of religion: for the prince in Israel;
not the high priest, nor the civil magistrate, but the Prince Messiah: or rather "to the prince in Israel" ^F4; what the people shall do in this way, they shall do it as to the Lord, freely and cordially, and for his honour and glory; and he will take it as done to himself; see ( Matthew 10:41 Matthew 10:42 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (ayvnl) "principi", Castalio, Cocceius, Starckius; so Abendana,

Ezekiel 45:16 In-Context

14 And the quota of the olive oil, the bath [of] the olive oil, [is] the tenth part of a bath from a kor, [which] [is] ten baths, [or] a homer--for ten baths [are equal to] a homer.

15 And one sheep from the flock from [among] two hundred from the pastures of Israel [will be taken] as [a] grain offering and as [a] burnt offering [and] [as] [a] fellowship offering to make atonement for them," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

16 "All of the people of the land shall join [in] to this contribution with the prince in Israel.

17 "But on the prince shall be [the responsibility for] the burnt offerings, and the grain offering, and the libation at the feasts, and at the New Moon festivals, and at the Sabbaths at all of the assemblies of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, and the grain offering, and the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering to make atonement for the house of Israel.

18 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'On the first [month] on the first [day] of the month, you shall take a bull, {a calf} without defect, and you shall purify the sanctuary.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "participate/ take part in"
• [b]. Or possibly "for/to"