Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 45:6

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Ezekiel 45:6

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Ezekiel 45:6

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, side by side with the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel." — Ezekiel 45:6 (ASV)

The possession of the city.— This portion, more particularly described in Ezekiel 48:15-20, is there called a profane place, though still constituting a part of the oblation. It was the same length and half the width of either of the other portions, and was for the city, and for a common possession of the nation, to supply food for those who serve the city out of all the tribes of Israel (Ezekiel 48:18–19). Nothing is anywhere said to identify this city with Jerusalem, and, indeed, it is described as in a different position geographically (see map). Jerusalem, like the ark, appears to have faded from the prophet’s sight in this vision of the future Church.