Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 45:7-8

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezekiel 45:7-8

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Ezekiel 45:7-8

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And [whatsoever is] for the prince [shall be] on the one side and on the other side of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy oblation and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable unto one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes." — Ezekiel 45:7-8 (ASV)

On either side of the 25,000 reeds, a strip of land running westward to the sea and eastward to the Jordan formed the possession of the prince (see Ezekiel 46:18 note). For the other tribes, the limits from west to east are the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan (Ezekiel 48:8).

(Ezekiel 45:7) And the length shall be over against—Or, “and” in length “over against.”

The definition of the prince’s territory was to prevent the oppressions foretold (1 Samuel 8:14 and following), described (2 Kings 23:35), and reproved (Jeremiah 22:0).