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Ezekiel 45:9-17
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Ezekiel 45:1-25In the period here foretold, the worship and the ministers of God will be provided for; the princes will rule with justice, as holding their power under Christ; the people will live in peace, ease, and godliness. These…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 45:1-25EXPOSITION From the sustenance of the priests (Ezekiel 44:29-31), the new Torah naturally passes in the present chapter to the maintenance of the temple service as a whole, setting forth in the first section of the chap…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryRules of Justice. (b. c. 574.)RULES OF JUSTICE. (B. C. 574.) We have here some general rules of justice laid down both for prince and people, the rules of distributive and commutative justice; for godliness without honesty is but a form of godliness…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 45:9In continuation of the foregoing thought, the princes of Israel first are reminded that whatever they should obtain from the people for the sanctuary was not to be extorted from them by violence and spoil (comp. Ezekiel…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 45:9-12Religion the parent of morality. It is certain that God feels an active interest in all the covenants of man. The same authority that requires love to God requires love for our neighbors, equal in strength to love for s…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 45:10Just balances. The princes of Israel are exhorted to govern justly and to be fair in their exaction of taxes. The older prophets often had occasion to denounce the oppression and robbery of the people by the princes. Af…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 45:10The exhortation addressed to the princes to practice justice and judgment now extends itself so as to include their subjects, who are required, in all their commercial dealings, to have just balances and just measures—a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 45:10Piety and equity. "Ye shall have just balances." Devotion, when divorced from morality, is worth nothing in the sight of God. Men have thought and taught that the one thing that God (or the gods) required was to be reve…Joseph S. Exell and contributors