Ezekiel later identified these remarkable creatures as cherubim (Ezekiel 10:8-15), angels of unique power and glory surrounding God. His father was Buzi (Eze 1:3), a priest, and he probably exercised the priestly office himself at Jerusalem, previous to his captivity, as appears from the matured priestly character to be seen in his prophecies, a circumstance which much increased his influence with his captive fellow countrymen at Babylon. Were opened; expressed thus in the passive to let us see that there was a supreme, sovereign, and Divine power and authority by which this was done; it is not said the heavens did open, but they were opened. From his body: From the context, it is clear that this is a polite reference to the penis, the male sexual organ. Tel-Abib there (now Thallaba) was his place of residence (Eze 3:15), whither the elders used to come to inquire as to God's messages through him. It was no meteor, chasm, or yawning, which is naturally a figured semblance of a breach in the visible heavens, whence appears a gulf or deep and wide pit to the eye. On the other hand, Ezekiel was distinctively a prophet, and one who had to do with the inward concerns of the divine kingdom. If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days: In the case of blood discharge other than normal menstruation (either longer in duration or out of her normal menstrual cycle), a woman was also ceremonially unclean. (probably those used in Chaldaea). Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (9) Take thou also unto thee wheat.-- He was contemporary with Jeremiah and Daniel. in the N. Repertor. 748), or Χαβώρας (Ptolem. Prophetic. 10. p. 46. In the fifth day of the month; it was the third day of our July, probably it was the sabbath day, when the Jews would be free from labour, and at leisure to hear the prophet; and indeed such declarations of the will of God are an entertainment suitable to the consecration of the seventh day to God. As a priest, when sent into exile, his service was but transferred from the visible temple at Jerusalem to the spiritual temple in Chaldea. After a period of seven days (presumably without the discharge), there was a ceremonial cleansing. a. p. 150, ed. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. ‘If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, other than at the time of her customary impurity, or if it runs beyond her usual time of impurity, all the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her customary impurity. The captives - Not in confinement, but restricted to the place of their settlement. Witsii Miscel. It is a remarkable proof of genuineness that in Ezekiel no prophecies against Babylon occur among those directed against the enemies of the covenant-people. If she is cleansed: When the abnormal discharge ended, there was an additional seven days of ceremonial impurity. Some think this is the same river which is called by Ptolemy (a) Chaboras; and is said by him to pass through Mesopotamia: others say it was a river that was drawn off from the river Euphrates, by the order of one Cobaris, or Gobaris, a governor, from whence it had its name; that the river Euphrates might not, by its rapid course, hurt the city of Babylon; and by the Assyrians it was called Armalchar, or Narmalcha (b), the king's river; though it seems to be no other than Euphrates itself; and Kimchi observes, that in some copies of the Targum on this place it is interpreted of the river Euphrates; and he says their Rabbins of blessed memory say, that Chebar is Euphrates; and so Abarbinel; see Psalm 137:1. b. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. i. This presented a powerful and consistent message. (s) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 26. It placed restrictions on them and required a ceremonial purification if and when the infection was gone. They shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening: In the case of an emission of semen, both the man and his wife needed to ceremonially cleanse themselves and respect a brief time of ceremonial impurity. Study the bible online using commentary on Ezekiel 18 and more! And this shall be his uncleanness in regard to his discharge—whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. As G. Campbell Morgan wrote, “For us the way of perpetual cleansing is provided in Christ.”. 9. He delights to linger about the temple and to find in its symbolical forms the imagery for conveying his instructions. (2) We come to images to our minds strange and almost grotesque. Normal discharges of semen and menstruation made one ceremonially unclean, not because there was anything inherently wrong with them, but because the two are connected with symbols of life and redemption, blood and semen. c. It is his uncleanness: The status of “unclean” did not completely take the unclean one out of the community. The foul heart may vitiate the most natural functions.” (Meyer), iii. Thus man is capable of yielding a precious fruit, in living to God; this is the sole end of his existence; and if … If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. But the most probable opinion seems to be that which the Chaldee paraphrast, Archbishop Usher, Dr. Prideaux, and other learned men adopt: namely, that these thirty years are to be reckoned from the time when Josiah and all the people of Judah … Ezekiel chapter 3 KJV (King James Version) 1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.. 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. She shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons: A small offering was brought to the priest at the tabernacle. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. And the human type predominates over all, and gives character and unity to the four, who thus form one creation. As I was among the captives; Heb. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. In pagan religion sexual activity among worshipers was believed to activate the gods into fertilizing the soil with rain.” (Rooker). They may, according to the Talmudists, have symbolized orders of Angels and not persons; according to others they were figures of the Four Gospels actuated by one spirit spread over the four quarters of the globe, upon which, as on pillars, the Church is borne up, and over whom the Word of God sits enthroned. The person manifested is always the same, but the form of the vision is modified according to special circumstances of time and place. So by the name of God the Hebrew expresses any excellency, as, cedars of God, man of God. “The declaration of semen as unclean in this passage illustrates the sharp distinction between Israelite religion and the pagan religions of the ancient Near East. His great aim was to stimulate the dormant minds of the Jews. Others, as the Chaldee paraphrast and Jerome, and in modern times also Ideler, are of opinion that the thirtieth year is reckoned from the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, because in that year the book of the law was discovered, and the regeneration of public worship completed by a solemn celebration of the Passover. Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening. iii. l. 5. c. 18. ii. There is no coarse or inappropriate reference here. (6) Two years and five months later—the very day on which Ezekiel speaks—is announced as the day of the beginning of the siege; Jerusalem shall be overthrown (Eze 24:1-27). Ezekiel 1 a In the thirtieth year , in the fourth month , on the fifth day of the month , as I was among the exiles by b the Chebar canal , c the heavens were opened , and I saw d visions of God . b. Ezekiel 1:3. Therefore, it could be transmitted to a bed, to a place on which he sits, and by direct touch (he who touches). His style is plain and simple. Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. At all events it has not yet been fulfilled; it must be future. which God did make me to see. a. iii. He shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons: A small offering was brought to the priest at the tabernacle. Now: this does not refer to any particular time before mentioned, though sometimes this English particle now connotes particular time, (the Hebrew is and, so the Greek and Latin,) but is a phrase in use on entering upon discourse. The man made unclean could spread his uncleanness through contact (every bed on which he lies shall be unclean). Ezekiel 21. (9) After an interval of thirteen years the closing vision of the order and beauty of the restored kingdom (Eze 40:1-48:35). Of any such era was either implied or considered unnecessary and gives character and unity to the Whole.... 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