“ Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. ”
A general exhortation to honesty, expressed by true weights and measures (marginal references). This fitly introduces the strict regulation of quantities in the prescribed offerings.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just (c) ephah, and a just bath. (c) Ephah and Bath are the same quantity save that an Ephah is a dry measure and a Bath liquid, ( Leviticus 5:11 ; 1 Kings 5:11 )...
The Prince. ( His duties and rights. ) The ominous allusion in Ezekiel 45:8 to the oppression of Israel by her kings in the past leads Ezekiel to an earnest exhortation to have done with injustic...
Ye shall have , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 19:36 ). ephah. See App-51., bath. See App-51.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. Ye shall have just balances - This appreciation of weights, measures, and money was intended to show them that they must not introduce...
In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. No JF...
The Prince's Dues and Obligations The oppressive exactions of the former rulers were to be unknown in the restored Israel. Weights and measures were to be just and correct. The prince was to recei...
PRINCE AND PEOPLE Ezekiel 44:1-31 ; Ezekiel 45:1-25 ; Ezekiel 46:1-24 , PASSIM IT was remarked in a previous chapter that the "prince" of the closing vision appears to occupy a less exalted po...
Seeing that the priests were to have no inheritance, the next section of the prophecy dealt fittingly with the method of their support. After the distribution of the land, a description of which foll...
Here are, precepts adapted to those that minister in the departments of justice, suited to Israel at all times, and upon all occasions. If the Reader wishes to know the proportion to our standard, in...
Ye shall have just balances ,.... That is, take care that true weights and just measures be used in trade and commerce, that so one man may not impose upon and cheat another; which is the business o...
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. Ver. 10. Ye shall have just balances. ] Lev 19:35-36 Proverbs 11:1 ; Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Pro 20:23 Micah 6:10,11 ;...
Let it suffice, O ye princes of Israel This is a reproof of the oppressions of the former kings and their chief officers. The title of princes of Israel is to be understood of such princes as the...
Rules of Justice. B. C. 574. 9 Thus saith the Lord G OD ; Let it suffice you, O prince...
Ye; princes of Israel. Shall have: though they were not traders to use, yet they must have, i.e. appoint, for to them as a privilege it appertains to appoint standards for measure among their sub...
God's Word to the Princes of Israel ( Ezekiel 45:9-25 ). The Need For The Prince To Ensure Justice and Fair Weights and Measures. ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Let it be enough for you, O princes...
THE APPORTIONMENT OF TERRITORY AROUND THE TEMPLE (Chap. 45) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 45:1 . “Divide by lot” —not by casting lots, but by allotment, the several portions being assigned according...
Ezekiel 45:18 . Thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary. In the ancient tabernacle all the vessels were touched with blood, to purify and consecrate them to sacr...
Ye shall have Just balances. God requires just dealings That our consciences may be enlightened and set right, we want a standard, like the standard weights and measures that are kept in the To...
EXPOSITION From the sustenance of the priests ( Ezekiel 44:29-26 ), the new Torah naturally passes in the present chapter to the maintenance of the temple service as a whole, setting forth in th...
The Portion of the People
Amos 8:4-6 ; Leviticus 19:35 ; Leviticus 19:36 ; Micah 6:10 ; Micah 6:11 ; Proverbs 11:1 ; Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Proverbs 21:3