Ezekiel 48

Ezekiel 48:1

these are the names. For the various orderings and groupings of the twelve tribes, see App-45. Compare Exodus 1:1.

Dan. Note the different positions, by which the wives’ offspring are placed in thecentre, nearest to the oblation; while the slave offspring are placed at the extremities farthest from the oblation.

Ezekiel 48:8

offering = heave offering. Hebrew. terumah. (App-43.) See note on Exodus 29:27. The same word as “oblation”, Ezekiel 48:9; the whole area of which is to be considered as the heave offering offered to Jehovah.

ye. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads “they”.

offer = offer up.

and the sanctuary. Note the Alternation in on. sew.

it = him: i.e. Judah.

Ezekiel 48:9

oblation = heave offering. See note on Ezekiel 48:8

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Ezekiel 48:10

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.

Ezekiel 48:11

that are . . . Zadok = the consecrated body of Zadok’s sons.

charge = ordinance.

children = sons.

as = according as.

Ezekiel 48:12

offered = offered up, or heaved. App-49. is.

by = reaching to.

Ezekiel 48:15

shall be = it [shall be].

profane = common.

Ezekiel 48:23

Benjamin. Note the positions of these five tribes in the south. See the Structure (F2), p. 1175.

a = one.

Ezekiel 48:28

strife. Bob. Meribah. See note on Ezekiel 47:19. toward, Septuagint reads as far as".

Ezekiel 48:29

saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah’s oracle. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

Ezekiel 48:30

goings out = outlets.

Ezekiel 48:32

and one. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, omit “and”.

Ezekiel 48:35

The LORD [is] there: denoting the fact that Jehovah has gone thither and rests There, with all the blessing, peace, security, and glory of His abiding presence. Hebrew. Jehovah Shammah. See App-4.

Those who read this book, and believe what God has here written for our learning, will not be troubled with all the puerile guesses and trifling comments of the natural man, but understand something of the grand revelations which can be only spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14).