Ezekiel 44:1, The east gate assigned only to the prince; Ezekiel 44:4, The priests reproved for polluting the sanctuary; Ezekiel 44:9, Idolaters incapable of the priests office; Ezekiel 44:15, The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto; Ezekiel 44:17, Ordinances for the priests.
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Ezekiel 44
Ezekiel 44 — Overview
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Ezekiel 44 — OverviewEzekiel 44 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. The appropriating of the east gate of the
temple to the prince, ver. 1-3. II. A reproof sent to the house of
Israel for their former profanations of God's sanctuary, with a charge
to…Ezekiel 44 — OverviewEzekiel 44 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter treats of the eastern gate of the temple being appropriated to the use of the prince, Eze 44:1, of the sin of the Lord's people, in admitting strangers and unholy persons into the sanctuary, either to…Ezekiel 44:1-3Ezekiel 44:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe 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, such a copiousness there is in them. The…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…Ezekiel 44:1-3Ezekiel 44:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe relation of the prince to the sanctuary.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…