Ezekiel 45:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbsa thereof. ”

• Ezekiel 45:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The “sanctuary” here probably means the whole temple precincts. Suburbs - literally, as margin. To mark out more distinctly the sacred precincts, a vacant space of fifty cubits was left on all...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Priests. ( Their estates. ) A rectangular space, roughly eight miles by three, in the centre of which was the sanctuary, is to be reserved for the priests. Immediately north of this was an are...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  for the sanctuary : i.e. the outer court ( Ezekiel 42:15-20 ). cubits. See App-51. suburbs . void ground outside the outer court, to prevent contact.

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length , with five hundred in breadth , square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. Of this there shall be for...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. No JFB commentary on these...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lands for the Priests, Levites, Prince, and City The division of the whole country is described in ch. 48, which includes the substance of the present passage, and shows the position of these...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Fifty cubits round about. — In Ezekiel 42:16-20 the space of 500 reeds square is described, which was “for,” or belonged to, the sanctuary, to guard it from any profanation; but here we have, sti...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  If there were no other evidence but what those six verses contain, in proof, that somewhat of an higher nature, and design, than any event which ever yet took place, in the Jewish history, in the ext...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Of this there shall be for the sanctuary ,.... Or temple, the house before described in the preceding Chapter s: five hundred in length, and five hundred in breadth, square round about : that is,...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred [in length], with five hundred [in breadth], square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. Ver. 2. For the suburbs...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, &c. If we understand these dimensions of cubits , it exactly agrees with the opinion of the Jews, that the temple stood in an a...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Division of the Holy Land. B. C. 574.       1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the la...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Of this whole consecrate portion of twenty-five thousand cubits long, or twelve miles and half, and ten thousand broad, or five miles and little more. For the sanctuary; for a platform for the sa...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Allotment of the Sacred Portion. “Moreover when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you will offer a gift-offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Portion of the Land

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 42:16-20

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• Ezekiel 45:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Of this — Whole portion of twenty five thousand cubits long, or twelve miles and half, and ten thousand broad, or five miles and a little more. For the sanctuary — For a platform for the sanctuary,...

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