John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 44:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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They shall enter into my sanctuary, &c.] Both to officiate, and to participate, which strangers and uncircumcised persons might not do, (<264409>Ezekiel 44:9): and they shall come near to my table to minister unto me; which some understand of the altar of burnt offering, which was as a table, and the sacrifice on it was the food of the Lord, (<030311>Leviticus 3:11,16), others, the altar of incense; (see <264122>Ezekiel 41:22). Kimchi interprets it of the table of shewbread; but, whatever is meant in the letter, the mystical sense is, the ordinance of the Lord’s supper, called the Lord’s table, (<461021>1 Corinthians 10:21), a table richly spread, and well furnished with spiritual provision: here Christ himself sits, bids his people welcome, eats with them, and they with him; and here all the saints are guests, and ministers in particular officiate: and they shall keep my charge; continue to do so; for this they did before, (<264415>Ezekiel 44:15), but now should be confirmed in their office, and never be displaced, as others; they that honour God he will honour, (<090230>1 Samuel 2:30).

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