Normal discharges of semen and menstruation made one ceremonially unclean, not because there was anything inherently wrong with them, but because the two are connected with symbols of life and redemption, blood and semen. Ezekiel 17. Everything that she lies on during her impurity shall be unclean; also everything that she sits on shall be unclean. After a period of seven days (presumably without the discharge), there was a ceremonial cleansing. And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. Of what are they symbolic? Ezekiel 20. (c) That is, notable and excellent visions, so that it might be known, it was no natural dream but came from God. According to the book itself, it records six visions of the prophet Ezekiel, exiled in Babylon, during the 22 years from 593 to 571 BC, although it is the product of a long and complex history and does not necessarily preserve the ⦠Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. The command forced the obedient Israeli man or woman to say “no” to their sexual desires in certain situations. His leading characteristic is realizing, determined energy; this admirably adapted him for opposing the "rebellious house" "of stubborn front and hard heart," and for maintaining the cause of God's Church among his countrymen in a foreign land, when the external framework had fallen to pieces. Ezekiel (/ ɪ Ë z iË k i Él /; Hebrew: ×Ö°×Ö¶×ְקֵ×× â YÄḥezqÄʾl [jÉħ.ÉzËqeËl]; in the Septuagint written in KoinÄ Greek: Ἰεζεκιήλ Iezekiá¸l [i.É.zÉ.kiËel]) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.. The Argument - After Jehoiachin by the counsel of Jeremiah and Ezekiel had yielded himself to Nebuchadnezzar, and so went into captivity with his mother and various of his princes and of the people, some began to repent and murmur that they had obeyed the prophet's counsel, as though the things which they had prophesied would not come to pass, and therefore their estate would still be miserable under the Chaldeans. Nothing is outside His jurisdiction. Ezekiel chapter 3 KJV (King James Version) 1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.. 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. As an aspect of the law given to Israel under the Old Covenant, under the New Covenant this is no longer binding on Christians, whatever other reasons there may be for avoiding intercourse during menstruation. ‘If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. But the era, in accordance with which this date is reckoned, is matter of dispute, and can no longer be ascertained with certainty. a. The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Tanakh and one of the major prophetic books in the Old Testament, following Isaiah and Jeremiah. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. the note on Joshua 1:1. One could be a follower of Jesus without the ritual conformity to the Mosaic Law. This was done by the individual, supported by the expectation of the culture. Then the priest shall offer them, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. The mere presence of both desire and opportunity do not mean that a sexual act is obedient or pure before God. When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean, Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, He shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, They shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening, every bed on which he lies shall be unclean, If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, She shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, When they defile My tabernacle that is among them, © Copyright - Enduring Word | . Chebar; a branch of Euphrates, or that part which Chobar advised should be made to divert the violence of Euphrates, lest it damnify the city Babylon. The captives - Not in confinement, but restricted to the place of their settlement. b. His body is stopped up by his discharge: “One way of understanding this passage is that the discharge caused by the infection may block the opening in the penis.” (Peter-Contesse). This was beheld by Ezekiel in the thirtieth year, which, according to verse second, was in the fifth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. This general principle was completely reversed in the person and work of Jesus the Messiah. מראות אלהים, "visions of God," are not "visiones praestantissimae," but visions which have divine or heavenly things for their object; cf. a. On the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and give them to the priest. The general principle was that when the unclean comes into contact with the clean, it is the clean that is made unclean. His grace, and blood, and cleansing, are always requisite, and ever ready.” (Meyer). There is no specific washing commanded at the end of the seven days, but it was either implied or considered unnecessary. Bible Versions ... Ezekiel 15. He delights to linger about the temple and to find in its symbolical forms the imagery for conveying his instructions. Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies: Essentially, the uncleanness associated with an abnormal genital discharge from a man was spread through contact. It was a powerful way to prevent an aspect of sexual and spiritual corruption common in the ancient world: ritual prostitution, often practiced at a sacred place. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. (7) Predictions against foreign nations during the interval of his silence towards his own people; if judgment begins at the house of God, much more will it visit the ungodly world (Eze 25:1-32:32). That the "Four Living Creatures" had their groundwork in the cherubim there can be no doubt. Thus Ezekiel's sphere of labor was one happier and less impeded by his countrymen than that of Jeremiah at home. They were offered as a sin offering and as a burnt offering. Visions of God - The exposition of the fundamental principles of the existence and nature of a Supreme God, and of the created angels, was called by the rabbis "the Matter of the Chariot" (compare 1 Chronicles 28:18) in reference to the form of Ezekiel's vision of the Almighty; and the subject was deemed so mysterious as to call for special caution in its study. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. The foul heart may vitiate the most natural functions.” (Meyer), iii. A. M. 3409. p. 127. And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. b. Yet the Biblical idea if cherubim goes back much further. (6) Two years and five months later—the very day on which Ezekiel speaks—is announced as the day of the beginning of the siege; Jerusalem shall be overthrown (Eze 24:1-27). The particularity of details as to the temple and its offerings rather discountenances the view of this vision being only symbolical, and not at all literal. This is described in verse first, according to its form or phenomenal nature, and then in verses second and third, according to its intended purpose, and its effect upon the prophet. "Gold, sapphire, burnished brass," the "terrible crystal" are familiar images of majestic glory, "thunders, lightnings" and "the rushing storm" of awful power. Christ is the Perfect Man, so these four in their perfect harmony typify Him who came to earth to do His Father's will; and as man is lord in the kingdom of nature, so is Christ Lord in the kingdom of grace. Also, when a woman lies with a man, and there is an emission of semen, they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. 10. p. 46. Ezekiel 16. Ezekiel 1:1. Some try to emphasize the connection between what Ezekiel described and the artistic images of half-beast, half-human monsters of ancient cultures. Or rather a river now called Giulap, arising out of the mountain Masius, and falls into Euphrates, somewhat below a city called by the same name, Giulap or Chaboras; as Ferrarius and Hotoman observe. i. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. And the human type predominates over all, and gives character and unity to the four, who thus form one creation. and I, &c. Though a priest and prophet, the first by birth and lineal descent, the other by extraordinary commission, yet I also found as little respect as my countrymen. And this shall be his uncleanness: In contrast to the previous chapters regarding the broad definition of leprosy, there is no mention made of priestly inspection or monitoring. Further, these four represent the constitutive parts of man's nature: "the ox" (the animal of sacrifice), his faculty of suffering; "the lion" (the king of beasts), his faculty of ruling; "the eagle" (of keen eye and soaring wing), his faculty of imagination; "the man," his spiritual faculty, which actuates all the rest. His father was Buzi (Eze 1:3), a priest, and he probably exercised the priestly office himself at Jerusalem, previous to his captivity, as appears from the matured priestly character to be seen in his prophecies, a circumstance which much increased his influence with his captive fellow countrymen at Babylon. He prophesied these things in Chaldea, at the same time that Jeremiah prophesied in Judah, and there began in the fifth year of Jehoiachin's captivity. If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. By the river Chebar, in the land of the Chaldees, i.e., in Babylon or Mesopotamia. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. b. On the other hand, Ezekiel was distinctively a prophet, and one who had to do with the inward concerns of the divine kingdom. That uncleanness would be spread to any person touching those objects made unclean. Witsii Miscel. Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. Tel-Abib there (now Thallaba) was his place of residence (Eze 3:15), whither the elders used to come to inquire as to God's messages through him. “Thus it would be an abomination to engage in sexual activity in the tabernacle precinct.” (Rooker). She shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons: A small offering was brought to the priest at the tabernacle. But if not fruitful, it is worthless and useless, it is cast into the fire. Havernick marks out nine sections:—(1) Ezekiel's call to prophesy (Eze 1:1-3:15). They much resemble one another, especially in the visions and grotesque images. After it he consoles the captives by promising them future deliverance and restoration. 1. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Matthew 3:16; Acts 7:56.). When Jesus – who was “clean” in every sense – touched an unclean person, He made them clean (Luke 5:12-14). The superficial, volatile, and wilfully unbelieving would thereby be left to judicial blindness (Isa 6:10; Mt 13:11-13, &c.); whereas the better-disposed would be awakened to a deeper search into the things of God by the very obscurity of the symbols. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. 15 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 âSon of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest? Of God; excellent and wonderful. 3. fol. b. Whoever touches his bed: In this context, there were three ways a person or thing might be made unclean. And yet their shapes were very different. iii. Thus man is capable of yielding a precious fruit, in living to God; this is the sole end of his existence; and if ⦠That Yahweh, the eternal God, is spoken of, we cannot doubt; and such passages as Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; John 1:14; John 12:41, justify us in maintaining that the revelation of the divine glory here made to Ezekiel has its consummation or fulfillment in the person of Christ, the only-begotten of God (compare Revelation 1:17-18). It is a remarkable proof of genuineness that in Ezekiel no prophecies against Babylon occur among those directed against the enemies of the covenant-people. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. The phenomenon consisted in this, that the heavens were opened, and Ezekiel saw visions of God. Bible Toggle Dropdown. ii. Here it is the manifestation of Jehovah's glory described in the following verses. She shall be set apart seven days: The woman’s ceremonial impurity lasted seven days. c. If any man lies with her: A man who had sex with a woman during her days of normal menstruation was also unclean seven days, following the course of the woman’s uncleanness. Some of these were uttered much later than others, but they all began to be given after the fall of Jerusalem. Prophetic. b. There was at least one other additional benefit: “The laws would also provide the woman a break from housework, caring for children, and marital relations.” (Rooker). To the modern world this seems normal, but in the ancient world it was common to worship the gods by having sex with temple prostitutes. There is no coarse or inappropriate reference here. It was little more than thirty years after the close of his labors when the decree of the Jews' restoration was issued. They may, according to the Talmudists, have symbolized orders of Angels and not persons; according to others they were figures of the Four Gospels actuated by one spirit spread over the four quarters of the globe, upon which, as on pillars, the Church is borne up, and over whom the Word of God sits enthroned. He who carries any of those things shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the discharge of her uncleanness. This presented a powerful and consistent message. Poetical parallelism is not found except in a few portions, as in the seventh, twenty-first, twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth through thirty-first chapters. (On “the heavens were opened,” comp. By designating himself expressly as "the priest" (Eze 1:3), and as having reached his thirtieth year (the regular year of priests commencing their office), he marks his office as the priest among the prophets. (9) After an interval of thirteen years the closing vision of the order and beauty of the restored kingdom (Eze 40:1-48:35). “A careful perusal of these requirements reminds us that the procreative faculties are all underneath the curse…. Sacr. p. "and it was in the thirtieth year after Hilkiah the high priest found the book of the law, in the house of the sanctuary, in the court under the porch, in the middle of the night, after the moon was down, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah;''. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. ; Acts 7:20, marg. ; the thirtieth year, consequently, is the year 625 b.c. There are very few policy experts - in health care or any other field - with Zeke's smarts, political antenna and persuasive powers. Jerusalem like an unfruitful vine. It is as if he were struggling against the impossibility of expressing in words the object of his vision: yet on the summit of the throne is He who can only be described as, in some sort, the form of a man. At all events it has not yet been fulfilled; it must be future. The expression יד יי' היתה על )אל( always signifies a miraculous working of the power or omnipotence of God upon a man-the hand being the organ of power in action-by which he is placed in a condition to exert superhuman power, 1 Kings 18:46, and is the regular expression for the supernatural transportation into the state of ecstasy for the purpose of beholding and announcing (cf. The third level was someone who came in contact with an object made unclean. It is the habit of many today – even many believers – to consider their sexual life and practices to be their own business, and not God’s business. (z) Vol. Before the captivity the months were described not by proper names but by their order, "the first, the second," etc. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth, Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. The forms are typical, "the lion" and "the ox" of the beasts of the field (wild and tame), "the eagle" of the birds of the air, while "man" is the rational being supreme upon the earth. And whomever the one who has the discharge touches, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. c. It is his uncleanness: The status of “unclean” did not completely take the unclean one out of the community. (b) Plin. (y) Chronological Tables, cent. So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until evening. Author, ethicist, cook, medic, policymaker: he makes other over-achievers look lazy and inadequate. As we receive from the Word of God, we are being cleansed. Commentary for Ezekiel 15 . It was not thus, but a supernatural and extraordinary aperture or opening, wrought by the immediate power of God, who was now appearing to the prophet, and commissioning him. He was contemporary with Jeremiah and Daniel. That may not be true. ... involved in Exodus 20:5 and Jeremiah 15:4, are justified. Isaiah 6:1; 1 Kings 22:19; 2 Kings 6:17. The vision which follows was seen by Ezekiel only, and was probably vouchsafed to him in solitudes” The captives,” or rather, the captivity, as it is in the original, is the same word as is used of Jehoiachin in the next verse, and yet must be somewhat differently understood in the two cases. Click on the different category headings to find out more. 2. (r) Apud R. D. Kimchi in loc. a. I saw; I had a distinct, full, and clear sight of what appeared, I was awake and with my eyes discerned what I shall now write, the things I am about to publish, how stupendous soever they are, what I am sure I saw, and am as sure they will be accomplished. Because they were symbols not likenesses, they could yet be the same though their appearance was varied. When he who has a discharge is cleansed: When the abnormal genital discharge ended, the man could be made ceremonially clean. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. a. The principle of sexual restraint is often stated in the New Testament. Test. Ezekiel saw "the likeness of the glory of God." p. 150, ed. l. 5. c. 18. The effect of his labors is to be seen in the improved character of the people towards the close of the captivity, and their general cessation from idolatry and a return to the law. Tradition represents Sarera as the land of his nativity. Or, of God, wherein I saw God, who appeared to the prophet; or else, of God, i.e. It came to pass in the thirtieth year, of the prophet's age, or from the finding the book of the law in the eighteenth year of Josiah, when the threats were read which now were executed on the Jews, according to 2Ki 22:16, from which date to the fifth year of the captivity are thirty years; or in the thirtieth year of the Chaldean monarchy, founded by Nabopollassar. The general scope of the vision gives the best interpretation of the meaning. i. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD because of his discharge. which God did make me to see. The fifth year from the commencement of Jehoiachin's captivity is the year 595 b.c. It flows into the Euphrates near Carchemish or Circesium, two hundred miles north of Babylon. In the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign (Jer 51:59), Jeremiah sent by Seraiah a message to the captives (Jer 29:1-32) to submit themselves to God and lay aside their flattering hopes of a speedy restoration. (t) Preafat. p. 6, ii. Read Ezekiel 18 commentary using Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. They didn’t make Him unclean. In pagan religion sexual activity among worshipers was believed to activate the gods into fertilizing the soil with rain.” (Rooker). i. ; Jonah 3:3, marg. Nat. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. The latter was the case here. Each of these visions has some of the outward signs or symbols here recorded. (probably those used in Chaldaea). It might probably be somewhat like that which appeared to the proto-martyr Stephen, Act 7:56. Daniel's predictions are mostly later than Ezekiel's but his piety and wisdom had become proverbial in the early part of Ezekiel's ministry (Eze 14:14, 16; 28:3). Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. They shall bathe in water, and be unclean until evening: In the case of an emission of semen, both the man and his wife needed to ceremonially cleanse themselves and respect a brief time of ceremonial impurity. The vision must be compared with other manifestations of the divine glory Exodus 3; Exodus 24:10; Isaiah 6:1; Daniel 7:9; Revelation 4:2. c. If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean: The uncleanness could also be spread through saliva. Ecclesiasticus 49:8 refers to it, and Josephus [Antiquities, 10.5.1]. 21. p. 61. (4) Exposure of the particular sins prevalent in the several classes—priests, prophets, and princes (Eze 12:1-19:14). The Arabic and Syriac versions read, "the vision of God". Ezekiel 22. Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. The destruction of Jerusalem is the central point. And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. The earlier portion, the first through the thirty-second chapters, which mainly treats of sin and judgment, is a key to interpret the latter portion, which is more hopeful and joyous, but remote in date. When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean: The idea is of some obviously abnormal genital discharge, indicating some type of disease. He continued to prophesy for at least twenty-two years, that is, to the twenty-seventh year of the captivity (Eze 29:17), and probably remained with the captives by the Chebar the rest of his life. The river כּבר, to be distinguished from חבור, the river of Gosan, which flows into the Tigris, see on 2 Kings 17:6, is the Mesopotamian Chabioras, ̓Αβορρας (Strabo, xvi. thirtieth year—that is, counting from the beginning of the reign of Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar, the era of the Babylonian empire, 625 B.C., which epoch coincides with the eighteenth year of Josiah, that in which the book of the law was found, and the consequent reformation began [Scaliger]; or the thirtieth year of Ezekiel's life. It also said that there is a significant aspect of our brokenness and impurity that is, in some way, connected to our sexuality. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. The best portions of the people seem to have been among the first carried away (Eze 11:16; Jer 24:2-7, 8, 10). (8) In the twelfth year of the captivity, when the fugitives from Jerusalem (Eze 33:21) had appeared in Chaldea, he foretells better times and the re-establishment of Israel and the triumph of God's kingdom on earth over its enemies, Seir, the heathen, and Gog (Eze 33:1-39:29). sect. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. In the year 625 b.c., Nabopolassar became king of Babylon, and therefore many of the older expositors have supposed that Ezekiel means the thirtieth year of the era of Nabopolassar. The person manifested is always the same, but the form of the vision is modified according to special circumstances of time and place. Ezekiel 23. Any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean. d. Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water: People and things made unclean on the second or third level could be purified by a ceremonial washing of the object and the person involved. As I was among the captives; Heb. Visions; in the plural, either because they were many distinct visions, or because it was made of many distinct parts, each part might seem to be one vision. The "wings" represent the power by which all creation rises and falls at God's will; the "one spirit," the unity and harmony of His works; the free motion in all directions, the universality of His Providence. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. It is repeated more than once in the course of the book (compare Ezekiel 8:2, Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 9:3; 10; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 40:3). When they defile My tabernacle that is among them: This made an obvious separation between sex and the worship of God. b. Among the captives.—i.e., in the midst of the region where they were settled. Ezekiel 1:3. Ezekiel 21. The oneness of tone throughout and the repetition of favorite expressions exclude the suspicion that separate portions are not genuine. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. ; the first month corresponding nearly with our "April." 9. We also remember that Jesus is the One who makes us clean and fit for fellowship: You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you (John 15:3). Now it came to pass—rather, "And it came," &c. As this formula in Jos 1:1 has reference to the written history of previous times, so here (and in Ru 1:1, and Es 1:1), it refers to the unwritten history which was before the mind of the writer. The former had prophesied for thirty-four years before Ezekiel, and continued to do so for six or seven years after him. i. It is significant that the Apostle Paul made a close connection between uncleanness and sexual immorality, as in 2 Corinthians 12:21, Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5 and other passages. The call of Ezekiel followed the very next year after the communication of Jeremiah's predictions to Babylon (Jer 51:59), and was divinely intended as a sequel to them. Ezekiel 24. As G. Campbell Morgan wrote, “For us the way of perpetual cleansing is provided in Christ.”. God and His word deal with all manner of private and sexual matters, but do so in an appropriate, dignified way. Jaubert and Abulf. Under this principle of the Law of Moses, any emission of semen was ceremonially unclean and could not be associated with the working of the tabernacle or temple. (w) Annales Vet. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (9) Take thou also unto thee wheat.-- (5) A year later the warning of judgment for national guilt repeated with greater distinctness as the time drew nearer (Eze 20:1-23:49). 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