Category: Ezekiel

This final chapter describes the exact (re)allotments of land for all “13” tribes (Joseph counts as two here), the temple, and the city. Though sharing some similarities to the how the land was divided in Joshua 13-19, there are key differences. Also, the new city with new gates is given a new name… ” ‘These…

This penultimate chapter describes fresh water flowing out of the temple, and new divisions of land for God’s people. “Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down…

This chapter describes how the Prince of Israel and the people are to conduct themselves within the temple in on the Sabbath and specific feasts. ” ‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south…

This chapter continues describing the new temple and its surrounding areas, including sections of land for the priests and prince(s). ” ‘And to the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west…

This chapter mainly describes the new priests, a remnant who have remained faithful to the Lord when the rest of His people have be rebellious. ” ‘But the Levitical priests… who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray… they shall stand before me… they shall keep my charge… They…

This chapter further describes the temple and the new altar that is to be built. ” ‘…On the day when [the altar] is erected… you shall take some of [a bull’s] blood and put it on the four horns of the altar… You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and it shall…

In this chapter we continue learning about the new temple, the one that is likely for Jesus’ “Millennial Kingdom”. “Then he said… ‘The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall put the most…

This chapter describes the angelic being’s measurements of the temple’s ‘nave’ (central, most holy place). “Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long…The inside of the nave… [was] paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows… And…

This chapter begins the book’s ‘final great vision’ which spans the remaining 9 chapters. This first installment is a vision of Jerusalem and a new temple, where Ezekiel is guided by an angelic being who measures the temple buildings and their surroundings. “In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and…

This chapter has further prophesy against Gog / Magog, and further promise that God will restore Israel. ” ‘…Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God… And the nations shall know that… Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that… I dealt with them according to…