Ezekiel 43:26

“Seven days shall they purge the altar, and purify it, &c.] Which denotes the perfect purity and sanctification of it; which how to be applied to Christ, (see Gill on “<264320>Ezekiel 43:20”); and they shall consecrate themselves: the priests shall consecrate themselves, or devote themselves to the service of the altar; so Gospel ministers to the ministry of a crucified Christ: or they themselves should consecrate the altar by the above rites: or rather it may be literally rendered, and they shall fill its hands, or “their own hands”f766; that is, either they shall fill the sides of the altar with sacrifices, as much as it could hold; or the hands of the priests with parts of the sacrifice,…”

“Seven days--referring to the original directions of Moses for seven days' purification services of the altar (Exo 29:37). consecrate themselves--literally, "fill their hands," namely, with offerings; referring to the mode of consecrating a priest (Exo 29:24, Exo 29:35).”

“There was, on each of the seven days, a burnt-offering of a bullock and a ram, preceded by a “sin-offereng of a bullock” on the first day, and of a “kid of the goats” on the other days. Ezekiel 43:24 Salt is here added to the “burnt-offering” to express still more the idea of purification. In the second temple no sacrifice was complete without the use of salt, and the rabbis assert that there was a great heap of salt close to the altar, always ready for use, and that the inclined plane to the altar was kept covered with salt. Compare Mark 9:49. Ezekiel 43:26 Consecrate themselves - literally, as in the margin. Leviticus 8:27. The priests are already consecrated, but the memory of their…”

“They - The priests in course. Ezekiel 43:27”

“43:26-27 These sin offerings properly set the Temple apart for holy use, so that the priests could once again sacrifice . . . the burnt offerings and peace offerings of the people. These offerings were necessary if the Lord were to accept his people.”

“they shall: Lev 8:34 consecrate themselves: Heb. fill their hands, Exo 29:24, Exo 32:29 \*marg. Ezekiel 43:27”