Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Ezekiel 45

Eze 45:2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

cubit

One cubit = about 18 inches.

Eze 45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

ephah

One ephah = 1 bu. 3 pts.; also Eze 45:10, 11, 13, 24.

bath

One bath = about 8 gallons; also Eze 45:11, 14.

Eze 45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

homer

One homer = about 86 gallons; also Eze 45:11, 14.

Eze 45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

shekel

One shekel = 2s. 9d. or 65 cents [In 1917].

gerah

One gerah = 11.2 grains.

maneh

One maneh = one sixtieth of a talent.

Eze 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:

cor

One cor = about 86 gallons.

Eze 45:15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

meat [See also Eze 45:24, 25.]

Literally meal; also Eze 45:17.

reconciliation [See also Eze 45:17, 20.]

Hebrew kaphar, atone. See Scofield Daniel 9:24, note.

Eze 45:18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:

first month

i.e. April. Also Eze 45:21.

Eze 45:21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

first month

Exo 12:18; Num 9:2, 3; 28:16, 17; Deu 16:1.

Eze 45:22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.

a bullock for a sin offering

Lev 4:14.

Eze 45:24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.

hin

1 hin = about 6 quarts.

Eze 45:25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

seventh month

i.e. October.