Ezekiel 44:24

And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
controversy	רִ֗יב Riv	H7379	a contest (personal or legal) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
stand	יַעַמְד֣וּ ya.'am.Du	H5975	to stand · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
judgment	יִשְׁפְּט֑וּהוּ yish.fe.tu.hu	H8199	to judge · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
judge	שָׁפַט shâphaṭ	H8199	to judge
judgments	לְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט lish.pot	H4941	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
keep	יִשְׁמֹ֔רוּ yish.Mo.ru	H8104	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
laws	תּוֹרֹתַ֤י to.ro.Tai	H8451	a precept or statute · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
statutes	חֻקֹּתַי֙ chu.ko.Tai	H2708	an enactment · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
assemblies	מוֹעֲדַ֣י mo.'a.Dai	H4150	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
hallow	יְקַדֵּֽשׁוּ ye.ka.De.shu	H6942	to be (causatively · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
sabbaths	שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י sha.be.to.Tai	H7676	intermission · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

1 Chronicles 23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
2 Chronicles 19:8-10 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of…
Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have…
Leviticus 23:1-44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 28:1-29 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Deuteronomy 17:8-13 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being…
Ezra 2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
Nehemiah 8:1-18 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scri…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:17–end

God's priests must be regulars, not seculars; and therefore here are rules laid down for them to govern themselves by and due encouragement given them to live up to those rules. Directions are here given, I. Concerning their clothes; they must wear linen garments when they went in to minister or do any service in the inner court, or in the sanctuary, and nothing that was woollen, because it would cause sweat, Eze 44:17, Eze 44:18. They must dress themselves cool, that they might go the more readily about their work; and they had the more need to do so because they were to attend the altars, which had constant fires upon them. And they must dress themselves clean and sweet, and avoid every th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 44:21

Neither . . . wine--lest the holy enthusiasm of their devotion should be mistaken for inebriation, as in Peter's case (Act 2:13, Act 2:15, Act 2:18).

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 44:22

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow - This was prohibited to the high priest only, by Moses, Lev 21:13, Lev 21:14.

John Gill on Ezekiel 44:24

And in controversy they shall stand in judgment,.... When any controversy arises among the saints concerning civil things, this shall not be carried into a court of judicature, of the men of the world; but it shall be brought before the church, and there heard, tried, judged, and determined; the ministers of the word there presiding, who shall give the definitive sentence, and stand to it, and abide by it, 1 Corinthians 6:1 and when any controversy arises about the doctrines of the Gospel, or modes of worship, or rules of discipline, they shall rise up, discuss the point, determine the question, pass the sentence, and not depart from it: and they shall judge it according to my judgments; no…

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The Church Fathers

(Verse 24) And they shall sanctify my Sabbaths. Furthermore, it is commanded to the priests: in which it is to be observed that it does not say absolutely: and they shall sanctify the sabbaths; or according to Isaiah: My soul hates your new moons and sabbaths (Isa. 1:13): but with distinction, my sabbaths. Hence, it is also written in the Gospel: The priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and they are without guilt (Matt. 12:5): not the Sabbath of God, but the Sabbath of the law, the Sabbath of the Jews, which they rightly violate who are the chosen race, royal, priestly. Furthermore, let us understand the Sabbath, which is sanctified, as the Apostle teaches, to have been left to the people of God, about whom it is said: 'If they shall enter into my rest' (Ps. 94:11), which is called the Sabbath in Hebrew. But God sanctifies the Sabbath, who does not bear the burden of sin on the Sabbath, nor says: 'As the heavy burden, they have been heavily laden upon me' (Ps. 37:5). Whoever is such, does not gather wood on the Sabbath; nor does he build upon the foundation of Jesus Christ with wood, hay, straw (1 Cor. 3); nor does he light a fire that consumes useless material, and he remains in one place on the day of Sabbath; nor does he go outside, but remains like a column placed in the temple of God, as John writes in the Apocalypse: 'He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more' (Rev. 3:12).
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Dictionary and topics

Priest — The Heb. kohen, Gr. hierus, Lat. sacerdos, always denote one who offers sacrifices. At first every man was his own priest, and presented his own sacrifices before God. Afterwards that office devolved…
Courts Of Justice · Judges of: To decide according to the law — Judges of: To decide according to the law
Judge · Priests and Levites as — Priests and Levites as
Sabbath · 9:13,14;10:31;13:15-22; — 9:13,14;10:31;13:15-22;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 44:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 44:21

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 44:22

John Gill on Ezekiel 44:24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 44:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 44:21

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 44:22

John Gill on Ezekiel 44:24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 44:17–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 44:20-27

Rashi on Ezekiel 44:22