Ezekiel 45:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place. ”

Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

five and twenty thousand . about sixty or seventy miles, according to the length of the cubit. most holy place . holy of holies.
Ezekiel 45:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place . And of this measure - See...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Of this measure. — If the Hebrew text of Ezekiel 45:1 be preserved unchanged, we must understand this to refer to the whole oblation of 25,000 reeds broad which was in the prophet’s mind, though...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand ,.... Not that the sense is, that of and according to the cubit measure last mentioned,...
Ezekiel 45:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary [and] the most holy [place]. Ver. 3. The length of...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of, or by , or from this cubit measure, Ezekiel 45:2 , shalt thou measure. So express, that indeed I wonder a dispute can arise; and this justifies the French version, which from this verse no...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - 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...
Ezekiel 45:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Portion of the Land
Ezekiel 45:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 48:10
Ezekiel 45:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And in it — In the center of this.

Ezekiel 45:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 45:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 45:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 45:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 45:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 45:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 45:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 45:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 45:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 45:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 45:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 45:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 45:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes