Ezekiel 43:23
in Ezekiel 43When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
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ASV
When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
KJV
When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
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This verse in Ezekiel 43
Commentary
7 notes on this verseWhen thou hast made an end of cleansing it,.... The altar, by the sacrifices of the bullock and the kid, on the first and second days; then, on the third day, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish; all these sacrifices point at the one sacrifice of Christ; which was pure and perfect, and once offered up for the sins of many, and needs no reiteration; only the doctrine of it is to be frequently inculcated in the ministry of the word and ordinances.
This site's exposition
on the second day thou shalt offer
on Ezekiel 43:22-27
Seven full days purge and purify the altar before it is used for Israel's own worship, a pattern that mirrors the seven days Aaron and his sons spent at the tabernacle door before their ministry began (Leviticus 8:33-35). Salt is cast on the offerings, the covenant of salt the reader would already know from Leviticus 2:13 and Numbers 18:19, a sign that what is sealed here is covenant and not decoration. On the eighth day the priests make Israel's own burnt offerings and peace offerings for the first time, and the chapter closes on the Lord's own words, I will accept you, the recognition formula's family of promises landing here as acceptance rather than only knowledge.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(v. 23 seqq.) 'When you have completed cleansing it, you shall offer an unblemished calf from the herd and an unblemished ram from the flock. You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall sprinkle salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to the Lord. For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall become holy.'
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He has seen the temple, and sees it to be very spacious and splendid; but, till the glory of God comes into it, it is but like the dead bodies he had seen in vision ( ch. xxxvii. ), that had no breath till the Spirit of life entered into them. Here therefore he sees the house filled with God's glory. He has a vision of the glory of God (
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It is observable that there are several differences between the rites of dedication here and those which were appointed Exod. xxix. , to intimate that the ceremonial institutions were mutable things, and the changes in them were earnests of their period in Christ. Only here, according to the general law, that all the sacrifices must be seasoned with salt ( Lev. ii.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
There was, on each of the seven days, a burnt-offering of a bullock and a ram, preceded by a “sin-offereng of a bullock” on the first day, and of a “kid of the goats” on the other days. Eze 43:24 Salt is here added to the “burnt-offering” to express still more the idea of purification.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The expressions, "blood" (Eze 43:18), and "for a sin offering" (Eze 43:19, 21, 22), prove this. In the literal sense they can only apply to the second temple. Under the Christian dispensation they would directly oppose the doctrine taught in Heb 10:1-18, namely, that Christ has by one offering for ever atoned for sin.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּכַלּוֹתְךָ֖ | bekhalotkha | when finishing you | H3615 → | 208 times |
| מֵֽחַטֵּ֑א | mechate' | from cleansing [it] from sin | H2398 → | 238 times |
| תַּקְרִיב֙ | takriv | you will bring near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| פַּ֣ר | par | a young bull | H6499 → | 132 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a young one of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָּקָ֣ר | bakar | cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| תָּמִ֔ים | tamim | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
| וְאַ֥יִל | veayil | and a ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַצֹּ֖אן | hatzon | the flock | H6629 → | 274 times |
| תָּמִֽים׃ | tamim | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
בְּכַלּוֹתְךָ֖when finishing you
bekhalotkhaH3615 →208 times
מֵֽחַטֵּ֑אfrom cleansing [it] from sin
mechate'H2398 →238 times
תַּקְרִיב֙you will bring near
takrivH7126 →280 times
פַּ֣רa young bull
parH6499 →132 times
בֶּן־a young one of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בָּקָ֣רcattle
bakarH1241 →183 times
תָּמִ֔יםunblemished
tamimH8549 →91 times
וְאַ֥יִלand a ram
veayilH352 →187 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַצֹּ֖אןthe flock
hatzonH6629 →274 times
תָּמִֽים׃unblemished
tamimH8549 →91 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 29:1“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
it leads to
- Exodus 29:21
And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he…
- Leviticus 6:6
Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
- Exodus 12:5
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
- Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- Leviticus 5:15–16
“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver…
- Exodus 29:21
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.