The Meaning of Ezekiel 44:24 Explained

Ezekiel 44:24

KJV: And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

YLT: And concerning controversy, they stand up for judgment; with My judgments they judge it; and My law and My statutes in all My appointed places they keep; and My sabbaths they sanctify.

Darby: And in controversy they shall stand to judge: they shall judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

ASV: And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Ezekiel 44:24?

MEANING: What does Ezekiel 44:24 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Ezekiel 44:24 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Ezekiel 44:24?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in controversy  they shall stand  in judgment;  [and] they shall judge  it according to my judgments:  and they shall keep  my laws  and my statutes  in all mine assemblies;  and they shall hallow  my sabbaths. 

What does Ezekiel 44:24 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Zadokite priests were also to serve as judges for the people and to make decisions in harmony with the Lord"s laws (cf. Deuteronomy 17:9; Deuteronomy 19:17; Deuteronomy 21:5). Not only will the prince serve as an administrator under Messiah ( Ezekiel 44:3), but the priests will also serve under His authority. [1] They themselves would have to keep His laws and His rules concerning the appointed feasts, and they would have to observe the Sabbath Day. While observance of the Sabbath Day is not part of the New Covenant law of Christ, God will reinstitute it during the kingdom dispensation.
What God told people they could eat in various dispensations also differed. Before the Fall, God told Adam and Eve that they could eat any plants in the Garden of Eden except the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ( Genesis 1:29; Genesis 2:17-18). After the Fall, they and their descendants continued to be vegetarians. Then He told Noah that he and his descendants could eat animals as well as plants ( Genesis 9:3). Under the Mosaic Law God proscribed certain foods as unclean. But later Christ declared all foods clean ( Mark 7:19; cf. 1 Timothy 4:3). Even though the Sabbath Day was the sign of the Mosaic Covenant ( Exodus 31:13; Exodus 31:17), reinstatement of Sabbath observance does not necessarily involve reinstatement of the whole Mosaic Covenant.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 44

1  The east gate assigned only to the prince
4  The priests reproved for polluting the sanctuary
9  Idolaters incapable of the priests office
15  The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto
17  Ordinances for the priests

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 44:24 mean?

And in controversy they shall stand - as judges according to My judgments - [and] judge it and My laws My statutes in all My appointed meetings they shall keep My Sabbaths they shall consecrate
וְעַל־ רִ֗יב הֵ֚מָּה יַעַמְד֣וּ [לשפט] (לְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט) בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י [ושפטהו] (יִשְׁפְּט֑וּהוּ‪‬) וְאֶת־ תּוֹרֹתַ֤י חֻקֹּתַי֙ בְּכָל־ מוֹעֲדַ֣י יִשְׁמֹ֔רוּ שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י יְקַדֵּֽשׁוּ

וְעַל־  And  in 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
רִ֗יב  controversy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רִיב 
Sense: strife, controversy, dispute.
יַעַמְד֣וּ  shall  stand 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
[לשפט]  - 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
(לְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט)  as  judges 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁפַט  
Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י  according  to  My  judgments 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
[ושפטהו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural, third person masculine singular
(יִשְׁפְּט֑וּהוּ‪‬)  [and]  judge  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁפַט  
Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
תּוֹרֹתַ֤י  My  laws 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: תֹּורָה  
Sense: law, direction, instruction.
חֻקֹּתַי֙  My  statutes 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
בְּכָל־  in  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מוֹעֲדַ֣י  My  appointed  meetings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מֹועֵד  
Sense: appointed place, appointed time, meeting.
יִשְׁמֹ֔רוּ  they  shall  keep 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י  My  Sabbaths 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, first person common singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
יְקַדֵּֽשׁוּ  they  shall  consecrate 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָדַשׁ  
Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.

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