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The Priests' Sacred Duty
Commentators explain that this chamber was specifically for the priests responsible for the overall care and oversight of the temple. Their duty was to ensure the sanctity of God's house and that its ordinances were properly observed, a responsibility passed down through the priestly lineage.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 40:45
18th Century
Theologian
The priests, whose chambers (L) are here provided, were those whose responsibility it was to exercise this oversight, which had passed to them as d…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 40:44–49
19th Century
Bishop
Without the inner gate.— Without must here be understood in a different sense from the without of Ezekiel 40:40,…
John Gill
On Ezekiel 40:45
17th Century
Pastor
And he said unto me
The illustrious Person that appeared in a human form, measuring the several parts of the temple,…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 40:1–49
17th Century
Minister
Here is a vision, beginning at Ezekiel 40 and continuing to the end of the book, Ezekiel 48, which is rightly regarded as one of the mos…