Ezekiel 45:20
in Ezekiel 45You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And so thou shalt do on the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye make atonement for the house.
KJV
And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
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This verse in Ezekiel 45
Commentary
7 notes on this verseFor every one that erreth - For all the errors of all the house of Israel, through ignorance. For him that is simple - That is half- witted, or a fool. Reconcile - Cleanse, as ver. 18, which legally was defiled by those errors done in the city, or courts of the house, whither these persons might come.
This site's exposition
you are to take a young bull without blemish
on Ezekiel 45:18-20
The sacred year opens on the first day of the first month with a young bull's blood on the doorposts of the temple. The rite is repeated on the seventh day “for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance.” Keil sets it beside the altar's consecration in Exodus and Leviticus.
This site's exposition
anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance
The second cleansing covers sins of error and simplicity, the unintended sins of Leviticus 4 and Numbers 15:22 to 29. Defiant sin had no sacrifice, Matthew Henry notes. John Wesley explains that such errors defiled the courts where the offenders came, so the house itself needed cleansing.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 18 and following) Thus says the Lord God: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish, and you shall purify the sanctuary. The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorposts of the gate of the inner court.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But for presumptuous sins, committed with a high hand, there was no sacrifice appointed, Num. xv. By these repeated sacrifices you shall reconcile the house, that is, God will be reconciled to it, and continue the tokens of his presence in it, and will let it alone this year also. The passover was to be religiously observed at the time appointed,
And so thou shall do the seventh day of the month,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
For him that is simple - That wants understanding to conduct himself properly.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכֵ֤ן | vekhen | and thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| תַּֽעֲשֶׂה֙ | taaseh | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בְּשִׁבְעָ֣ה | beshivah | on [day] seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| בַחֹ֔דֶשׁ | vachodesh | in the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| מֵאִ֥ישׁ | meish | from anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| שֹׁגֶ֖ה | shogeh | [who] errs | H7686 → | |
| וּמִפֶּ֑תִי | umipeti | and from a simple person | H6612 → | |
| וְכִפַּרְתֶּ֖ם | vekhipartem | and you will make atonement for | H3722 → | 102 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּֽיִת׃ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וְכֵ֤ןand thus
vekhenH3651 →771 times
תַּֽעֲשֶׂה֙you will do
taasehH6213 →2628 times
בְּשִׁבְעָ֣הon [day] seven
beshivahH7651 →394 times
בַחֹ֔דֶשׁin the month
vachodeshH2320 →284 times
מֵאִ֥ישׁfrom anyone
meishH376 →1663 times
שֹׁגֶ֖ה[who] errs
shogehH7686 →
וּמִפֶּ֑תִיand from a simple person
umipetiH6612 →
וְכִפַּרְתֶּ֖םand you will make atonement for
vekhipartemH3722 →102 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבָּֽיִת׃the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
it leads to
- Psalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- Psalms 139:23–24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Psalms 40:12
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- Psalms 90:8
Through
Ezekiel 45:18This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:16
So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 16:16
Through
Ezekiel 45:15And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the…
it leads to
- Leviticus 6:30
But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 1:4
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 6:30
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.