Chapter commentary
Ezekiel Chapter 44
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Eze 44:1-31.
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Eze 44:1-31.
ORDINANCES FOR THE PRINCE AND THE PRIESTS.
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2. 关闭……不得敞开——
(Job 12:14; Isa 22:22; Re 3:7)。
对百姓是“关闭”的
(Ex 19:21, 22)，
对“君王”却是敞开的
(Eze 44:3)，
因为他在政治事务上代表神，正如祭司在属灵事务上代表神。作为对东方君王的尊敬，他进过的那门此后便向其他一切人关闭（参较
Ex 19:24)。
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2. shut . . . not be opened--
(Job 12:14; Isa 22:22; Re 3:7).
"Shut" to the people
(Ex 19:21, 22),
but open to "the prince"
(Eze 44:3),
he holding the place of God in political concerns, as the priests do in spiritual. As a mark of respect to an Eastern monarch, the gate by which he enters is thenceforth shut to all other persons (compare
Ex 19:24).
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3. 君王——不是弥赛亚君王，因为祂绝不会为自己献燔祭，而这位君王却要如此行
(Eze 46:4)。
这位君王必是指在弥赛亚之下的民事统治者。他与东门（主曾由此门归回祂的圣殿）的关联暗示：作为在神之下治理的人，他要站在特别亲近神的位置上。他代表弥赛亚；弥赛亚是以别无他人能行的方式——即借自己的圣洁——进入天上真圣所的；其余众人则必须作为罪人，借着恩典、因信祂的血而进入。
在耶和华面前吃食物——与献祭相关的一项惯例
(Ge 31:54; Ex 18:12; 24:11; 1Co 10:18)。
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3. the prince--not King Messiah, as He never would offer a burnt offering for Himself, as the prince is to do
(Eze 46:4).
The prince must mean the civil ruler under Messiah. His connection with the east gate (by which the Lord had returned to His temple) implies, that, as ruling under God, he is to stand in a place of peculiar nearness to God. He represents Messiah, who entered heaven, the true sanctuary, by a way that none other could, namely, by His own holiness; all others must enter as sinners by faith in His blood, through grace.
eat bread before the Lord--a custom connected with sacrifices
(Ge 31:54; Ex 18:12; 24:11; 1Co 10:18).
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4-6. 关于祭司的指示。他们亵渎的作为被归到“以色列家”
(Eze 44:6, 7)
头上，因为祭司和百姓的罪彼此作用、相互影响；“百姓怎样，祭司也怎样”
(Jer 5:31; Ho 4:9)。
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4-6. Directions as to the priests. Their acts of desecration are attributed to "the house of Israel"
(Eze 44:6, 7),
as the sins of the priesthood and of the people acted and reacted on one another; "like people, like priest"
(Jer 5:31; Ho 4:9).
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7. 心未受割礼——以色列人外面受了割礼，心中却缺少真割礼
(De 10:16; Ac 7:51)。
身未受割礼——连立约之民外面的记号也没有。
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7. uncircumcised in heart--Israelites circumcised outwardly, but wanting the true circumcision of the heart
(De 10:16; Ac 7:51).
uncircumcised in flesh--not having even the outward badge of the covenant-people.
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8. 守卫……为你们自己——即你们自己以为合适的，而非我所认可的。或作：“你们自己没有亲自守我圣物的职任，反倒立别人在圣所里替你们守我的职任”[MAURER]。”
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8. keepers . . . for yourselves--such as you yourselves thought fit, not such as I approve of. Or else, "Ye have not yourselves kept the charge of My holy things, but have set others as keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for yourselves" [MAURER].
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10, 11. 利未人……要……担当——即担当
他们的罪孽之罚……然而他们要作仆人——正如 Mark 这位利未人、Barnabas 的外甥
(Ac 4:36)，
因失去一次背基督十字架的机会而被 Paul 刑罚，后来却又被重新接纳为友，并显出热心
(Ac 13:13; 15:37; Col 4:10; 2Ti 4:11)。
一个人可能作信徒，且居于显赫之位，却仍失去某种特别的尊荣——被认作敬虔，却被排除于某种尊荣之外[BENGEL]。
在门前当差——宁可在神殿中“作看门的，胜于住在恶人的帐棚里”
(Ps 84:10)。
虽不过站在门口当差，却是在有根基的神殿之中；而与恶人同住的，不过是住在飘摇的帐棚里。
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10, 11. Levites . . . shall . . . bear--namely, the punishment of
their iniquity . . . Yet they shall be ministers--So Mark, a Levite, nephew of Barnabas
(Ac 4:36),
was punished by Paul for losing an opportunity of bearing the cross of Christ, and yet was afterwards admitted into his friendship again, and showed his zeal
(Ac 13:13; 15:37; Col 4:10; 2Ti 4:11).
One may be a believer, and that too in a distinguished place, and yet lose some special honor--be acknowledged as pious, yet be excluded from some dignity [BENGEL].
charge at the gates--Better to be "a doorkeeper in the house of God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness"
(Ps 84:10).
Though standing as a mere doorkeeper, it is in the house of God, which hath foundations: whereas he who dwells with the wicked, dwells in but shifting tents.
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15. 撒督（Zadok）——以他玛（Ithamar）世系的祭司因着他们的败坏将被免去在圣殿中供职的资格；他们步了以利（Eli）众子的后尘，同样的宣告也曾针对以利众子发出
(1Sa 2:32, 35)。
撒督按其名（意为“公义”）及其后裔，将要接续其职
(1Ki 2:35; 1Ch 24:3)，
因为他们并未在同样的程度上参与普遍的背叛；或许 [FAIRBAIRN] 先知是指他们起初的光景，乃论及他们当初被选立圣职时的样貌。
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15. Zadok--The priests of the line of Ithamar were to be discharged from ministrations in the temple, because of their corruptions, following in the steps of Eli's sons, against whom the same denunciation was uttered
(1Sa 2:32, 35).
Zadok, according to his name (which means "righteous") and his line, were to succeed
(1Ki 2:35; 1Ch 24:3),
as they did not take part in the general apostasy to the same degree, and perhaps [FAIRBAIRN] the prophet, referring to their original state, speaks of them as they appeared when first chosen to the office.
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17. 细麻布——象征纯洁。羊毛在东方酷热之地很快使人出汗，故而不洁。
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17. linen--symbolical of purity. Wool soon induces perspiration in the sultry East and so becomes uncleanly.
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18. 裹头巾——即头巾。
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18. bonnets--turbans.
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19. 不可在圣衣上将圣别归与百姓——即他们在圣所供职时所穿那特属祭司的圣衣。
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19. not sanctify the people with their garments--namely, those peculiarly priestly vestments in which they ministered in the sanctuary.
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20. 不可……剃……头——如哀悼者所行
(Le 21:1-5)。
埃及（Egyptian）偶像西拉皮斯（Serapis）与伊西斯（Isis）的敬拜者剃头；这是耶和华的祭司不可如此行的另一个理由。
也不可留……头发长长——如奢华之人、蛮族、以及战争中的士兵所行 [JEROME]。
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20. Neither . . . shave . . . heads--as mourners do
(Le 21:1-5).
The worshippers of the Egyptian idols Serapis and Isis shaved their heads; another reason why Jehovah's priests are not to do so.
nor suffer . . . locks to grow long--as the luxurious, barbarians, and soldiers in warfare did [JEROME].
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21. 也不可……喝酒——免得他们敬虔的热忱被误认为醉酒，正如彼得的情形
(Ac 2:13, 15, 18)。
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21. Neither . . . wine--lest the holy enthusiasm of their devotion should be mistaken for inebriation, as in Peter's case
(Ac 2:13, 15, 18).
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28. 我是他们的产业——
(Nu 18:20; De 10:9; 18:1; Jos 13:14, 32)。
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28. I am their inheritance--
(Nu 18:20; De 10:9; 18:1; Jos 13:14, 32).
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30. 将……初熟的……给祭司，使福分临到——
(Pr 3:9, 10; Mal 3:10)。
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30. give . . . priest the first . . . that he may cause the blessing to rest--
(Pr 3:9, 10; Mal 3:10).
Eze 44:1-31。
关于君王与祭司的条例。