44 From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court , one of which was at the side of the north gate , with its front toward the south , and one at the side of the south gate facing toward the north . 45 He said to me, "This is the chamber which faces toward the south , intended for the priests who keep charge of the temple ; 46 but the chamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar . These are the sons of Zadok , who from the sons of Levi come near to the Lord to minister to Him."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 40:44-46
Chapter Contents
The Vision of the Temple.
Here is a vision, beginning at ch. 40, and continued to the end of the book, ch. 48, which is justly looked upon to be one of the most difficult portions in all the book of God. When we despair to be satisfied as to any difficulty we meet with, let us bless God that our salvation does not depend upon it, but that things necessary are plain enough; and let us wait till God shall reveal even this unto us. This chapter describes two outward courts of the temple. Whether the personage here mentioned was the Son of God, or a created angel, is not clear. But Christ is both our Altar and our Sacrifice, to whom we must look with faith in all approaches to God; and he is Salvation in the midst of the earth, Psalm 74:12, to be looked unto from all quarters.