Ezekiel 44:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And in controversy they shall stand in judgment The priests were to determine all controversies relating to the law, as well the judicial as the ceremonial part of it, which were brought before them, Deuteronomy 17:8-9; and the people were to seek the law at their mouths, (Malachi 2:7,) that is, to inquire of them what was the purport and meaning of it, and to abide by their determination. And they shall judge according to my judgments Which I have declared, and not according to their own fancies, inclinations, or secular interests. Thus ministers must decide controversies among the people of God according to his word; and must take care that they give no countenance to any false or perfidious, fraudulent or dishonest practices, but must set their faces against them. And they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies, &c. As well upon the solemn festivals, and the assemblies proper to them, as at other times, and on ordinary occasions. And they shall hallow my sabbaths Whereas the priests before the captivity profaned them: see Ezekiel 22:26.