The relation of the prince to the sanctuary.
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Ezekiel 44:1-3
The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:1-3
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Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:1-31Ezekiel 44:1-31 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThis chapter contains ordinances relative to the true priests. The prince evidently means Christ, and the words in 2, may remind us that no other can enter heaven, the true sanctuary, as Christ did; namely, by virtue of…Message of the House of Israel. (b. c. 574.)Ezekiel 44:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMESSAGE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. (B. C. 574.) The prophet is here brought to review what he had before once surveyed; for, though we have often looked into the things of God, they will yet bear to be looked over again, s…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:1-31Ezekiel 44:1-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION The prophet, having finished his account of the temple, or place of worship, proceeds, in the second section of his vision (Ezekiel 44-46.), to set forth the culture, or ritual, to be performed in the temple;…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:1Ezekiel 44:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe gate of the outward sanctuary, the outer gate of the sanctuary (Revised Version)—which looketh toward the east. To this door the prophet was conducted back, by way of the inner north or south gate, from the inner co…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:1-3Ezekiel 44:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe prerogative of the prince. The regulation prescribed in these verses is very remarkable, and is not free from difficulties. It appears that a peculiar sanctity attached to the eastern gate of the temple, owing to th…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:1-31This chapter contains ordinances relative to the true priests. The prince evidently means Christ, and the words in 2, may remind us that no other can enter heaven, the true sanctuary, as Christ did; namely, by virtue of…Matthew HenrycommentaryMessage of the House of Israel. (b. c. 574.)MESSAGE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. (B. C. 574.) The prophet is here brought to review what he had before once surveyed; for, though we have often looked into the things of God, they will yet bear to be looked over again, s…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:1The gate of the outward sanctuary, the outer gate of the sanctuary (Revised Version)—which looketh toward the east. To this door the prophet was conducted back, by way of the inner north or south gate, from the inner co…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:1-3The prerogative of the prince. The regulation prescribed in these verses is very remarkable, and is not free from difficulties. It appears that a peculiar sanctity attached to the eastern gate of the temple, owing to th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:1-31EXPOSITION The prophet, having finished his account of the temple, or place of worship, proceeds, in the second section of his vision (Ezekiel 44-46.), to set forth the culture, or ritual, to be performed in the temple;…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:2This gate shall be shut, The prophet must have noted this as an important difference between the new sanctuary and the old (whether temple or tabernacle), in which the east gate stood always open. That the gate of the n…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 44:3It is for the prince conveys an erroneous impression, as if the edict, excluding all from passing through the east outer gate, did not apply to the prince; but even for him the gate was not to serve as a mode of entranc…Joseph S. Exell and contributors