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Yehezkiel 44:5
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TUHAN berfirman kepadaku: "Hai anak manusia, perhatikanlah baik-baik, lihatlah dengan teliti dan dengarlah dengan sungguh-sungguh segala sesuatu yang hendak Kufirmankan kepadamu mengenai peraturan-peraturan rumah TUHAN dan tentang segala hukumnya dan perhatikanlah baik-baik siapa yang diperbolehkan masuk ke dalamnya: dan siapa yang harus ditolak dari tempat kudus.
Maka firman Tuhan kepadaku: Hai anak Adam! perhatikanlah ini dan lihatlah dengan matamu dan dengarlah dengan telingamu akan segala sesuatu yang Aku berfirman akan halnya kepadamu; akan hal segala perintah rumah Tuhan dan segala aturannya, dan perhatikanlah tempat akan masuk ke dalam rumah dan segala tempat akan keluar dari dalam tempat suci itu.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
mark well: Heb. set thine heart, Ezekiel 40:4, Exodus 9:21, *marg. Deuteronomy 32:46, 1 Chronicles 22:19, 2 Chronicles 11:16, Proverbs 24:32, *marg. Daniel 10:12
concerning: Ezekiel 43:10, Ezekiel 43:11, Deuteronomy 12:32, Matthew 28:20
and mark well: Psalms 119:4
the entering: Psalms 96:8, Psalms 96:9, Acts 8:37
Reciprocal: Leviticus 15:31 - that they Ezekiel 46:19 - the entry Ezekiel 47:6 - hast thou
Cross-References
To whom Laban aunswered: I pray thee, yf I haue founde fauour in thy syght [tary]: for I haue proued that the Lorde blessed me for thy sake.
And he said, Nowe also let it be according vnto your wordes: he with whom it is founde, shalbe my seruaunt, and ye shalbe blamelesse.
And Iuda and his brethren came to Iosephes house (for he [was] yet there) and they fell before him on the ground.
And Ioseph sayde vnto them: what deede is this that ye haue done? Wote ye not that suche a man as I do consult with propheciers?
Ye shall not eate vpon blood, neither shall ye vse witchcraft, nor obserue tymes.
And ye men toke that word for good lucke and hastyly caught it out of his mouth, and sayd: Yea thy brother Benhadad. He sayde: Go, bring him hyther. And Benhadad came out vnto him, and he caused him to come vp into the charet.
And he offred his owne sonne in fire, and gaue heede vnto witchcraft and sorcery, and mainteyned workers with spirites, and tellers of fortunes, and wrought much wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde to anger him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord said unto me, son of man,.... This is still the voice of the Lord speaking out of the house to the prophet, Ezekiel 43:6:
mark well; or, "set thine heart" f; be attentive to what is about to be said, as being of great concern and importance:
and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee; heart, eyes, and ears, are all to be employed in the most diligent manner in regarding the things hereafter delivered; the same expressions exciting attention were used at the first of this vision,
Ezekiel 40:4: concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; Ezekiel 40:4- :,
mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary; the way of entrance into the Gospel church, and the manner of exclusion from it, and the laws and rules concerning these; the prophet is bid particularly to observe these well, because it was in these things God's professing people chiefly offended, as appears by what follows; they were not so careful as they should have been in the admission of persons among them, or in the exclusion of delinquents.
f שים לבך "pone cor tuum", V. L. Vatablus, Paguinus, Montanus; "pone ad cor tuum", Starckius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect.
Ezekiel 44:4
The north gate before the house - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of their former idolatries Ezekiel 8:3.
Ezekiel 44:5
Mark well - The careful arrangements made had all been intended to keep the temple and its surroundings from profanation. Hence, attention to these particulars is enjoined.
Ezekiel 44:7
Strangers - This refers especially to the sin of unauthorized and unfaithful priests ministering in the services of the temple. Compare marginal references.
Ezekiel 44:8
Mine holy things - The altar, its sacrifices, the sacred utensils, and the like.
For yourselves - According to your own pleasure, not My ordinances Numbers 16:40.
Ezekiel 44:10
The Levites as a body had remained true to the temple-service at Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 11:13; but individuals among them deserted to Israel probably from the first (see the marginal references), as in later years some went over to the worship of the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim. These apostate Levites “shall bear their iniquities,” they shall not be restored to their former rank and privileges.
Ezekiel 44:11
Ministers - As, according to the new system, the Levites, as a body, were to receive their portion in the “oblation” Ezekiel 45:5; the only manner in which the Levites of Ezekiel 44:10 could live at all, was as part of the whole body, to which they were therefore reunited, but in the lowest grade. It is remarkable that the number of Levites who returned after the captivity was very small, not exceeding 400, of whom only 74 were priests’ assistants (Ezra 2:40-42; compare Ezra 8:15-19). The gap in their number was filled up by 220 Nethinim (“given” ones), probably originally strangers and captives, who, although employed in the temple services, were held by the Jews in the lowest repute.
Ezekiel 44:12
Lifted up mine hand - i. e., “The Lord sware” Ezekiel 20:5, that they should bear their iniquities.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 44:5. Mark well, and behold — Take notice of every thing; register all so fully that thou shalt be able to give the most minute information to the children of Israel.