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Ezequiel 44:3
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En cuanto al príncipe, él, como príncipe, se sentará allí para comer pan delante del Señor ; entrará por el camino del vestíbulo de la puerta y por el mismo camino saldrá.
Es para el pr�ncipe; el pr�ncipe, �l se sentar� en ella para comer pan delante de Jehov�; por el camino del vest�bulo de la puerta entrar�, y por el mismo camino saldr�.
Para el pr�ncipe: el pr�ncipe, �l se sentar� en ella para comer pan delante del SE�OR; por el camino de la entrada de la puerta entrar�, y por el camino de ella saldr�.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
for: Ezekiel 46:2, Ezekiel 46:8, 2 Chronicles 23:13, 2 Chronicles 34:31
the prince: It is probable that the prince mentioned here and elsewhere, does not mean the Messiah, but the ruler of the Jewish nation for the time being. For it is not only directed where he should sit in the temple, and eat his portion of the sacrifices, and when and how he should go out; but it is also ordered - Ezekiel 45:22, that at the passover he shall offer a bullock, a sin offering for himself and the people; and to guard him against any temptation of oppressing the people, he had a provision of land allotted to him - Ezekiel 45:8, out of which he is to give an inheritance for his sons - Ezekiel 46:18. These appear plainly to be political rules for common princes, and for a succession of them; but as no such rules were observed under the second temple, the fulfilment of it must still be future. Ezekiel 34:24, Ezekiel 37:25, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 6:13
to eat: Genesis 31:54, Exodus 24:9-11, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 12:18, Isaiah 23:18, Isaiah 62:9, 1 Corinthians 10:18-33, Revelation 3:20
he shall enter: Ezekiel 40:9, Ezekiel 46:2, Ezekiel 46:8-10
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:5 - cupbearers 2 Kings 11:5 - the watch 1 Chronicles 9:18 - the king's 2 Chronicles 9:4 - ascent 2 Chronicles 23:5 - the king's house Ezekiel 46:12 - open him
Gill's Notes on the Bible
It is for the prince: the prince shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord,.... Or, "as for the prince, the prince shall sit in it" e; in the gate which is shut to others: not the high priest, as Jarchi, though he might have a particular seat in the temple, as Eli had in the tabernacle, 1 Samuel 1:9, where he might eat the bread and flesh of holy things: nor the political prince, the king of Israel, though he might have a place in the temple peculiar to himself; see 2 Chronicles 6:12
2 Chronicles 24:31, and the Jews say only the kings of the house of David were allowed to sit in the sanctuary: but the King Messiah, as Kimchi and Ben Melech rightly interpret it, is here meant; who before, in this prophecy, is called David a Prince, Ezekiel 34:24, he who is the Prince of peace; Michael the great Prince; the Prince of life, and the Prince of the kings of the earth; the Messiah the Prince. Such who interpret the gate of the gate of heaven understand this of Christ's sitting down there at his Father's right hand, on the same throne with him, having done his work, and being at ease, and in honour; and of his enjoyment of glory there, as the heavenly glory is sometimes signified by a feast, by sitting down at a table, and eating bread in the kingdom of God, Matthew 8:11, and so it may intend his being in the presence of God with the utmost delight and joy; having that glory he had with him before the world was, and all power in heaven and in earth; dispensing gifts and grace to men, and receiving honour and glory from them, and seeing the travail of his soul with satisfaction: but why may it not be understood, more consistent with the scope of the vision, of his sitting in his church, at his table there with his saints, eating with them, and they with him, in his word and ordinances before the Lord? see Song of Solomon 1:12,
he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same; which some explain of Christ's ascension to heaven, and descent from thence in the same way; he went up to heaven in the eastern part of the world, from the mount of Olives, to the east of Jerusalem; and in like manner shall he descend, and his feet shall stand on that mount, Acts 1:11, but it may be interpreted of his going in and out of his church at his will and pleasure; and affording his gracious presence and fellowship with himself in his house and ordinances,
e את הנשיא נשיא הוא ישב בו "veruntamen ad principem quod attinet, princeps ipse inquam", c. Piscator "quantum ad principem"; "princeps sedebit in ea", Noldius, Ebr. Part. Concord. p. 120.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The prince - Foretold under the name of David Ezekiel 34:24. The rabbis understood this to be the Messiah.
To eat bread - See Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 24:9; according to the old Law these feasts belonged only to the priests; none of the rest of the congregation, not even the king, might partake of them. The new system gives to the “prince” a privilege which he did not before possess; the prince, as the representative of the Messiah, standing in a higher position than the kings of old. “To eat bread” may also include participation in the animals sacrificed, portions of which were reserved for those of the people who offered them.
