The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both. Sermons
I. THE RANGE OF ITS APPLICATION. "Ye shall have just balances" means, of course, more especially - Be fair in your dealings when you trade one with another; but it also means - Do what is just and upright in all your relations; do sound and thorough work at the carpenter's bench, and at the fore, when you build the house or dig the garden or plant the field; be true and faithful to your scholars, to your people, to your clients, to your constituents, in the schoolroom, or the pulpit, or the court, or the House of Commons. Do what you undertake to do; be what you profess to be; be honest, sincere, faithful in every sphere in which you move. II. THE DIVINE REGARD. "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good;" but if they could overlook anything they would not fail to observe whether men did or did not do justice to their fellows. If we suppose that there are some things respecting which God is indifferent, among these, assuredly, is not the question whether we do or leave undone what we have promised to do. From the formal compact, carefully drawn and solemnly ratified between the sovereign and the nation, down to the word of promise made by the tradesman or the seamstress, all our human dealings and undertakings are the object of the Divine regard. "I have seen" is a sentence we should do well to hear at all times and in every place when we covenant with men. III. THE DIVINE RECOMPENSE. 1. Approval or displeasure. We may make quite sure that, when we are acting unfairly or unfaithfully in any relationship whatever, however we may be gathering money or reaping honor, we are laying up a large measure of Divine disapproval; the "anger of the Lord is kindled against us." But when we are acting conscientiously and equitably: however we may be disregarded and passed by on the part of our fellows, we are enjoying the favor of our Lord. 2. Reward or penalty. Faithfulness will bring (1) our own self-respect; (2) the esteem of those whom we serve; (3) the consolidation of our Christian character; (4) commendation and promotion in the day of Divine recompense (Luke 19:17). Unfaithfulness will have to bear a penalty corresponding to this - the loss of self-respect, public reprobation, degradation of character, Divine condemnation in the future. - C.
Ye shall have Just balances. That our consciences may be enlightened and set right, we want a standard, like the standard weights and measures that are kept in the Tower of London, to which all the people in the little country villages may send up their yard measures, and their pint pots, and their pound weights, and find out if they are just and true.(A. Maclaren, D. D.) People Ephah, Ezekiel, LevitesPlaces Holy Place, Most Holy PlaceTopics Bath, Bear, Contain, Containing, Ephah, Equal, Homer, Measure, Measurement, Quantity, Size, Standard, Tenth, Thereof, UnitOutline 1. The portion of land for the sanctuary6. for the city 7. and for the prince 9. Ordinances for the prince Dictionary of Bible Themes Ezekiel 45:11Library Of the Third Seal. The third animated being is the index of the third seal, in a human form, his station being towards the south, and consequently shows that this seal begins with an emperor proceeding from that cardinal point of the compass; probably with Septimius Severus, the African, an emperor from the south, of whom Eutropius writes in the following manner: "Deriving his origin from Africa, from the province of Tripolis, from the town of Leptis, the only emperor from Africa within all remembrance, before or since." … Joseph Mede—A Key to the Apocalypse The Section Chap. I. -iii. Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 45:11 NIVEzekiel 45:11 NLT Ezekiel 45:11 ESV Ezekiel 45:11 NASB Ezekiel 45:11 KJV Ezekiel 45:11 Bible Apps Ezekiel 45:11 Parallel Ezekiel 45:11 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 45:11 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 45:11 French Bible Ezekiel 45:11 German Bible Ezekiel 45:11 Commentaries Bible Hub |