Ezekiel 42 Study Notes

42:1-14 Ezekiel’s tour goes back through the outer court.

42:13 It was customary for Israelite priests to eat a portion of the most holy offerings that the Israelites offered to the Lord (Lv 2:3; 5:13; 6:16,26,29; 7:6,10). The Hebrew word minchah, translated grain offerings, was probably borrowed from the administrative or political arena since the term was used to refer to gifts in the secular world (2Kg 8:8-9; 17:3-4). When used in the religious sphere, it referred to a gift presented by a worshiper to his Lord. The grain offering was usually offered with a burnt offering and often with the fellowship offering as well. The grain offering was a gift to the Lord that honored him as the source of life and the land’s fertility. The NT says that just as OT believers offered grain to God, Jesus Christ as the bread of life offered his life to God (Jn 6:32-35).

42:15-20 After the guide had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, Ezekiel was brought outside to survey the temple from the outside.

42:20 The temple complex had a wall all around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, a complete square. In the tabernacle only the most holy place was square.