Ezekiel 45

“Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD , an holy…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and…” Naming Israel keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“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 command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“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…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“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…” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thus saith the Lord GOD ; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without…” The verse names Lord rather than leaving the action without a source. Watch whether the next line continues, answers, or contrasts that action.

“And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD , seven bullocks and seven rams without…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“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…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.