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upon EZEKIEL. 411
rallel Place to this, Chapt. xlvi. 2. 3, 8, 9. the Word Chapter
Prince is oppofed to the People : And other Ordi- XLIV.
nances are there laid down, which cannot be fitly ^~v-s_>
applied to the Mejfias. For which Reafon I con-
ceive the Word muft be taken here in its ufual
Senfe, to denote the Chief Governors of the Jews,
fuch as were Zerubbabel and Nehemiah after the
Captivity.
Ibid. The Prime fljall fit in it to eat Bread before
the Lord.] To eat Part of the Peace-offerings,
which are to be provided at his Charge : See
Chapt. xlvi. 2. Bread (lands for all fort of Entertainments
: See Gen. xliii. 31. and particularly for a
Religious Feaft made of the Remainder of a Sa-
crifice, ibid. c. xxxL 54.
Ibid. He Jhall enter by the way of the Porch of
that Gate, &c] See Chapt. xlvi. 8.
Ver. 4. Then brought he vie the way of the North- Ver. 4.
gate before the Houfe. ] The Eaft-gate being flout,
Ver. 1.
Ibid. And behold the Glory of the Lord filled the
Houfe of the Lord.] There was no Door into the
Houfe on that Side, but I could fee the Brightnefs
of the Divine Glory fhining through the Windows.
See Chapt. xliii. 3, 5.
Ibid. And I fell upon my Face.'] See Chapt. i. 2S.
Ver. 5. Mark well, and behold with thine Eyes, Ver. 5.
8cc] See Chapt. xl. 4.
xliii. 2.
Ibid. Mark well the entering of the Houfe zvith
the going forth of the Sanftuary.] The Word Laws
is here to be repeated, to this Senfe, that the Pro-
phet ihould admonifh the People of the Laws re-
lating to the admitting certain Perfons into the
Temple or the Courts of it, and fuffer none that
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