Ezekiel 45:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. ”

• Ezekiel 45:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  This portion is to belong to the whole people, not to be subject to the encroachments made by the later kings of Judah Jeremiah 22:13 . The Levites’ portion 10,000 reeds, the priests’ portion 10,0...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the whole house of Israel . Compare Ezekiel 48:19 .

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion : it shall be for the whole house of Israel. Ye...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  It shall be for the whole house of Israel— "This shall be the capital city, to which all the tribes shall resort upon the solemn festivals; which shall have twelve gates, according to the number of...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - 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 45:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The possession of the city. — This portion, more particularly described in Ezekiel 48:15-20 , is there called “a profane place,” though still constituting a part of the oblation. It was the same l...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - 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 45:6 - 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 45:6 - 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 45:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And ye shall appoint the possession of the city , e.] Which is something distinct from the house or temple, which was as the frame of a city, being so large, and consisting of so many parts, Ezekie...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy [portion]: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. V...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And ye shall appoint the possession of the city, five thousand broad, &c., over against (or by the side of, see Eze 48:14) the oblation of the holy portion This must run parallel in length wi...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - 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 45:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Appoint; order and measure out. The possession; land to be a possession to the citizens of Jerusalem, and to be the contents of the city. Five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long;...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “And you will appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and twenty five long, side by side with the gift-offering of the holy portion. It shall be for the whole house of Israel.” ‘The...

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - 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 45:6 - 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 45:6 - 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 45:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Portion of the Land

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 48:15-18 ; Ezekiel 48:30-35

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• Ezekiel 45:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The possession — Land to be a possession to the citizens of Jerusalem, and to be the content of the city. Broad — About two miles and half broad, and twelve miles and half long. Long — This must ru...

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