Ezekiel 44:26
in Ezekiel 44and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
KJV
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
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This verse in Ezekiel 44
Commentary
6 notes on this verseCleansed - After for seven days he hath kept from the dead. They - The priests, who are about the house of God, shall appoint seven days more to this defiled person for his cleansing before he is admitted into the sanctuary.
This site's exposition
They must not shave their heads
on Ezekiel 44:20-27
The priests must “carefully trim their hair,” a middle course between pagan mourners' shaved heads and unkempt hair. They drink no wine before the inner court, and they teach “the difference between the holy and the common.” Marriage is limited to a virgin of Israel or a priest's widow.
This site's exposition
he must count off seven days for himself
The normal cleansing from a corpse took seven days (Numbers 19:11 to 12). John Wesley reads this verse as seven more days after that cleansing, before the priest may return to the sanctuary. The priest waits twice as long.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 26-27) And after he has been cleansed, seven days shall be numbered for him, and on the day of his entrance into the sanctuary and into the inner courtyard, to minister unto me in the sanctuary, he shall offer a sin-offering unto the Lord God (or he shall offer an atonement).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And after he is cleansed,....
Note, Though sorrow for the dead is very allowable and commendable, yet there is danger of sinning in it, either by excess or dissimulation; and those tears have too often need to be wept over again.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַחֲרֵ֖י | veacharei | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| טָֽהֳרָת֑וֹ | tohorato | purification his | H2893 → | |
| שִׁבְעַ֥ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִ֖ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| יִסְפְּרוּ־ | yisperu- | people will count | H5608 → | 159 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | for him |
וְאַחֲרֵ֖יand after
veachareiH310 →715 times
טָֽהֳרָת֑וֹpurification his
tohoratoH2893 →
שִׁבְעַ֥תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
יָמִ֖יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
יִסְפְּרוּ־people will count
yisperu-H5608 →159 times
לֽוֹ׃for him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.