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Ezekiel 43:27

in Ezekiel 43

At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when they have accomplished the days, it shall be that upon the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord God.

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This verse in Ezekiel 43

Commentary

9 notes on this verse
And when these days are expired,.... The seven days of consecration, and all these rites and sacrifices observed: it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward; that is, on the first day of the week, or Lord's day, the Christian sabbath, the next day after the seventh, and so upon every return of it; in which Christian ministrations are exercised, the word preached, ordinances administered, and works of righteousness and charity done; see Joh 20:

This site's exposition

an unblemished male goat as a sin offering

on Ezekiel 43:22-27

Seven days purge the altar before worship begins, as Aaron and his sons spent seven days at the tabernacle door (Leviticus 8:33-35). The priests “sprinkle salt on them,” the covenant of salt from Leviticus 2:13 and Numbers 18:19. The chapter closes on the Lord's words, “Then I will accept you.”

This site's exposition

Then I will accept you

Albert Barnes reads the scene through Hebrews 8 to 10 as the cleansing of the church by Christ's blood. John Gill takes the eighth day as the Lord's Day. Those who expect a future temple read the eighth day as the start of its regular service.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(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 Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), for therefore it was sanctified, that it might sanctify the gift that was offered upon it. Observe further, (1.) Who were to serve at the altar: The priests of the seed of Zadok,

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And if God now accept our works, if our services be pleasing to him, it is enough, we need no more. Those that give themselves to God shall be accepted of God, their persons first and then their performances, through the Mediator.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

After this inauguration the regular service shall be resumed, and be acceptable unto God (compare Mal 1:11). The Epistle to the Hebrews Heb. 8–10 helps us to recognize in this vision the symbol of the purification of the Church of God by the cleansing blood of Christ, Victim and priest.
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וִֽיכַלּ֖וּso they may complete

    vikhaluH3615 →208 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַיָּמִ֑ים סthe days

    haiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • וְהָיָה֩and it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • בַיּ֨וֹםon the day

    vaiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַשְּׁמִינִ֜י<the> eighth

    hasheminiH8066 →

  • וָהָ֗לְאָהand onwards

    vahalahH1973 →

  • יַעֲשׂ֨וּthey will offer

    yaasuH6213 →2628 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙the altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עוֹלֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙burnt offerings your

    oloteikhemH5930 →287 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • שַׁלְמֵיכֶ֔םpeace offerings your

    shalmeikhemH8002 →87 times

  • וְרָצִ֣אתִיand I will accept

    veratzitiH7521 →56 times

  • אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you

    ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times

  • נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of

    neumH5002 →376 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהֹוִֽה׃ סYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Leviticus 9:1On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.5 worksDeuteronomy 33:10He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.3 worksDeuteronomy 33:11Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”3 worksEzekiel 20:40For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.3 worksEzekiel 45:17And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.3 worksEphesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Colossians 1:20–21and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.2 works1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.2 worksLeviticus 17:5For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace to the LORD.2 worksJob 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”2 worksPhilippians 2:17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.2 worksRomans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.2 worksRomans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.2 worksHebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.2 worksLeviticus 3:1“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.2 worksHosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.2 worksLeviticus 16:6Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.2 worksExodus 29:36Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Peter 2:5

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 2:20–22

      built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

    • 1 Peter 2:9

      But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

    • 1 Corinthians 3:9

      For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

    • Revelation 5:10

      You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

    • 1 Corinthians 3:16

      Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

  • Through

    Ephesians 1:6

    to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

    it leads to

    • Romans 3:22–26

      And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

    • Colossians 1:13

      He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

    • Ephesians 1:12

      in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 43 →

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.

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