Verse 1

these are the names. For the various orderings and groupings of the twelve tribes, see App-45. Compare Exodus 1:1.

Dan. Note the different positions, by which the wives" offspring are placed in thecentre, nearest to the oblation; while the slave offspring are placed at the extremities farthest from the oblation.

Verse 8

offering = heave offering. Hebrew. terumah. (App-43.) See note on Exodus 29:27. The same word as "oblation", Ezekiel 48:9; the whole area of which is to be considered as the heave offering offered to Jehovah.

ye. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "they".

offer = offer up.

and the sanctuary. Note the Alternation in on. sew.

it = him: i.e. Judah.

Verse 9

oblation = heave offering. See note on Ezekiel 48:8

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Verse 10

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.

Verse 11

that are . . . Zadok = the consecrated body of Zadok"s sons.

charge = ordinance.

children = sons.

as = according as.

Verse 12

offered = offered up, or heaved. App-49. is.

by = reaching to.

Verse 15

shall be = it [shall be].

profane = common.

Verse 23

Benjamin. Note the positions of these five tribes in the south. See the Structure (F2), p. 1175.

a = one.

Verse 28

strife. Bob. Meribah. See note on Ezekiel 47:19. toward, Septuagint reads as far as".

Verse 29

saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah"s oracle. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

Verse 30

goings out = outlets.

Verse 32

and one. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, omit "and".

Verse 35

The LORD [is] there: denoting the fact that Jehovah has gone thither and rests There, with all the blessing, peace, security, and glory of His abiding presence. Hebrew. Jehovah Shammah. See App-4.

Those who read this book, and believe what God has here written for our learning, will not be troubled with all the puerile guesses and trifling comments of the natural man, but understand something of the grand revelations which can be only spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14).