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In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, in the same day, the LORD’s hand was on me, and he brought me there. See also: Ezekiel 33:21Ezekiel 3:22Ezekiel 32:1In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the frame of a city to the south. See also: Daniel 7:1Ezekiel 1:1Daniel 7:7He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax in his hand and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. See also: Ezekiel 47:3Revelation 11:1Revelation 21:15The man said to me, “Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I will show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show them to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.” See also: Ezekiel 44:5Jeremiah 26:2Matthew 10:27Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a hand width each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. See also: Ezekiel 42:20Isaiah 26:1Deuteronomy 3:11Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide. See also: Ezekiel 8:16Ezekiel 43:1Ezekiel 40:20Every lodge was one reed long and one reed wide. Between the lodges was five cubits. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed. See also: Ezekiel 40:36Ezekiel 42:5Jeremiah 35:4He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed. Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house. See also: Ezekiel 45:19The side rooms of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side. The three of them were of one measure. The posts had one measure on this side and on that side. He measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits; and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the side rooms, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. He measured the gate from the roof of the one side room to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, door against door. He also made posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the posts, around the gate. See also: Exodus 27:9Ezekiel 42:1Isaiah 62:9From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits. There were closed windows to the side rooms, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post. See also: 1 Kings 6:4Ezekiel 41:262 Chronicles 3:5Then he brought me into the outer court. Behold, there were rooms and a pavement made for the court all around. Thirty rooms were on the pavement. See also: Ezekiel 42:1Revelation 11:2Ezekiel 10:5The pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement. Then he measured the width from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north. See also: Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:1-2He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces toward the north. See also: Ezekiel 40:6The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side. Its posts and its arches were the same as the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits. See also: Ezekiel 40:29-30Ezekiel 40:34Ezekiel 40:10-16Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them. See also: Ezekiel 40:37Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:6There was a gate to the inner court facing the other gate, on the north and on the east. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate. See also: Ezekiel 40:19Ezekiel 40:27-28Exodus 27:9-18He led me toward the south; and behold, there was a gate toward the south. He measured its posts and its arches according to these measurements. See also: Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:20-21There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like the other windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits. See also: Ezekiel 40:33Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:16There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them. It had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts. See also: Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:16Ezekiel 40:6There was a gate to the inner court toward the south. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate toward the south. See also: Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:32Ezekiel 40:19Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate according to these measurements; See also: Ezekiel 40:35Ezekiel 40:32with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide. See also: Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:16Ezekiel 40:7There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. See also: Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:33Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts. The ascent to it had eight steps. See also: Ezekiel 40:26Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:34He brought me into the inner court toward the east. He measured the gate according to these measurements; See also: Ezekiel 40:28-31Ezekiel 40:35with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide. See also: Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:36Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps. See also: Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:37He brought me to the north gate, and he measured it according to these measurements— See also: Ezekiel 47:2Ezekiel 44:4Ezekiel 40:32its lodges, its posts, and its arches. There were windows in it all around. The length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. See also: Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:7Its posts were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps. See also: Ezekiel 40:34Ezekiel 40:31A room with its door was by the posts at the gates. They washed the burnt offering there. See also: 2 Chronicles 4:61 Kings 6:8Leviticus 8:21In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to kill the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. See also: Leviticus 1:3-17Ezekiel 46:2Leviticus 4:2-3On the one side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables. Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate: eight tables, on which they killed the sacrifices. See also: Ezekiel 40:39-40There were four cut stone tables for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high. They laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them. See also: Ezekiel 40:39Exodus 20:25The hooks, a hand width long, were fastened within all around. The meat of the offering was on the tables. See also: Leviticus 1:6Leviticus 1:8Leviticus 8:20Outside of the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate. They faced toward the south. One at the side of the east gate faced toward the north. See also: 1 Chronicles 6:31-32Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:27He said to me, “This room, which faces toward the south, is for the priests who perform the duty of the house. See also: 1 Chronicles 9:23Psalms 134:1Leviticus 8:35The room which faces toward the north is for the priests who perform the duty of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister to him.” See also: Ezekiel 44:15Ezekiel 43:191 Kings 2:35He measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, square. The altar was before the house. See also: Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:19Ezekiel 40:27Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side. The width of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side. See also: 2 Chronicles 3:41 Kings 6:3The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits, even by the steps by which they went up to it. There were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. See also: Jeremiah 52:17-231 Kings 7:15-21Ezekiel 40:31
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Ezekiel 40:1
Ver. 1. Month; April 30, A. 3430. Usher. C. --- In explaining this last most obscure vision: I.
The Jews say it was verified after the captivity. But thus the temple would be four miles round, and the city thirty-six, which never was the case. II. Hence more modern Jews assert it will be fulfilled by the Messias. III. Rejecting these errors, Lyran, &c. suppose that the promise was conditional, and that the sins of the Jews prevented the city and temple from being so large; and that the mystical temple of the Church is also insinuated, into which both Jews and Gentiles shall enter. IV. Though this opinion be probable, it seems better to follow S. Jerom, S. Greg. &c. who cannot apply all to the Old Testament, nor think that such a huge temple and city were indeed promised, but explain some parts of the captives at their return, as a figure of those redeemed by Christ, and brought into his Church, which is adorned with all graces. Yet the greatest part must be understood of the Church triumphant. W. --- S. Jerom confesses his ignorance of this subject; and those who have come after him, though they imitate not his modesty, add little to dissipate the mist with which this vision is surrounded. Some have adhered too close to Josephus, while Villalpand has here discovered all the magnificence of Greek and Roman architecture, and has represented the temple six times as large as it really was.
It seems that the prophet has described the same temple of Solomon which he had seen, that the dimensions might be preserved, and the hopes of the people kept up; (C.) and that they might comprehend what a loss they actually sustained on account of their sins, (H.) and might strive to come up to this pattern (D.) as "near as they should be able," the wealth of the people being much less than Solomon's. Grot. --- These arguments do not, however, shew that the buildings were to resemble each other. They vary in many particulars; and the prophet would specify what was to be really executed. He says nothing of the ornamental part, and little of the height, which are the most expensive. Houbigant. Pref.
--- If some things appear to be too grand for the temple of Solomon, and of Zorobabel, we must reflect that the prophet passes from the figure to the Church of Christ, which is not unusual. M.
--- Alcasar and Bossuet explain it wholly of the Church, so that the letter requires few notes. D.
↑ 1Ezekiel 40:2
Ver. 2. Mountain; Moria, in spirit. On the eastern side, the road to the city was level. Walls were added after the captivity, on the other sides. Jos. Bel. vi. 6. ---
City, the temple was so large. ---
South, to one coming from the north, though the temple lay on that side of the town. Ps. xlvii. 2.
C. --- Sept. read mongod, "over-against," instead of mongob, "south," which has perplexed many.
Houbig. --- Ezechiel was placed on Sion, which was not very high, but here it denotes the Church.
Jerusalem was in ruins. W.
↑ 2Ezekiel 40:3
Ver. 3. Brass: shining. H. --- This angel waited for the prophet at the northern gate, but introduced him by that looking towards the east. v. 16. --- Line. It seems never to have been used. C.
↑ 3Ezekiel 40:5
Ver. 5. Breadth. Heb. Chal. Sept. "of six cubits, in a cubit and a palm;" imitating that the sacred cubit contained six palms, while the common one had only five, (C. xliii. 13. W.) being half a yard; (Arbuthnot) or the Hebrew cubit was a hand's breadth larger than the Babylonian, or about 21½ inches, (C.) which may be styled (M.) the sacred cubit. Arb. H. --- Reed. This outer wall (C. M.) was to prevent any from falling down the precipice. It was about four yards nine inches in height and thickness, being so solid in order that the ground might not give way. Josephus describes prodigious walls, (H.) reaching to the bottom of the mountain, three hundred cubits on the south and west; but then the temple was much enlarged. C.
↑ 5Ezekiel 40:6
Ver. 6. And. In this verse occurs the first of thirty-four words where the j is allowed by the keri to be omitted in this one chapter, always when it is the sign of the plural number before a suffixed v, and of course by voluntary assimilation. But Camb. MS. 1. has the j regularly in the thirty-two of these words. Kennicott. --- Steps. The ground was not quite level, which caused the buildings to rise one above another more elegantly. There were four great gates.
↑ 6Ezekiel 40:7
Ver. 7. Chamber, for the porters, (C.) three on each side of the porch. v. 10. H.
↑ 7Ezekiel 40:11
Ver. 11. Thirteen, or twenty-six feet high.
↑ 11Ezekiel 40:14
Ver. 14. Cubits high, or else the elevation is nowhere specified. C.
↑ 14Ezekiel 40:16
Ver. 16. Slanting, or "lattice." Sept. "dark." See 3 K. vii. 4. H. --- They were larger within, to afford light, as in Solomon's temple, and in castles.
Interpreters disagree in their sentiments: but all allow that God here insinuated that he would reward people in the Old Testament with temporal, and those in the New with spiritual blessings; first with grace in this life, and with glory in the next. W. --- Yet we must not suppose that the saints of old were deprived of eternal goods.
H. --- About. The other gates had the like ornaments. C.
↑ 16Ezekiel 40:17
Ver. 17. There were chambers. Gazophylacia, so called, because the priests and Levites kept in them the stores and vessels that belonged to the temple.
Ch. --- They went all round the courts.
The women were in the second story. Villalpand and Capel, who are deemed the most accurate, suppose that there were no chambers below, but an open gallery. There seem, however, to have been chambers also. C. viii. 7. C.
↑ 17Ezekiel 40:18
Ver. 18. Lower. So that there was a step up to the threshold. H. --- Marble was used in all places exposed to the weather. Jos. Bel. vi. 14.
↑ 18Ezekiel 40:26
Ver. 26. Seven. There were eight to the inner court, (v. 31.) shewing that more perfection is now required, and a greater reward given. S. Greg. W.
↑ 26Ezekiel 40:30
Ver. 30. Five cubits. The parallel passages would intimate "fifty." C. Villalp. ---
But the texts all read five, and Maldonat understands the four vacant spaces between the chambers. v. 7. M.
↑ 30Ezekiel 40:38
Ver. 38. Gates. Heb. is very obscure. The holocausts were slain on the north side of the altar.
Lev. i. 11.
↑ 38Ezekiel 40:43
Ver. 43. Borders, to prevent any thing falling. Chal. &c. have "hooks."
↑ 43Ezekiel 40:44
Ver. 44. North. The singers occupied two wings.
↑ 44Ezekiel 40:45
Ver. 45. Watch over the sacred ornaments, perfumes, lamps of the sanctuary,
&c. Num. iii. 28.
↑ 45Ezekiel 40:46
Ver. 46. Altar. Not on actual service, (C. xli. 13.) but to prepare the victims.
↑ 46Ezekiel 40:48
Ver. 48. That side. Sept. add, "and the opening ( euros, width) of the gate was 14 cubits, and the breadth (projections, epomides) of the," &c. (H.) or the wall on each side of the door was three cubits, so that the porch was 20 cubits broad. C.
↑ 48Ezekiel 40:49
Ver. 49. Eleven. 3 K. vi. says ten. The exact breadth was ten and a half, (Vill. T.) or what the pavement covered is there specified according to some. Sept.
Rom. has "twelve." But the edition of Basil reads more correctly, ten. C. --- Yet both ten and eleven may be right, if this temple be different. H. --- Eight. Heb.
seems corrupt, a being substituted for á. "They mounted by ten steps," as the Sept. read. Aquila has eleven; Sym. eight. --- Pillars of brass. 3 K. vii. 15. C. ---
As they are not measured, they were like Solomon's. W.
↑ 49License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses