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Ezekiel 45

Ezek. 45:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuarya:

Lev. 16:16• ¹⁶and he shall make atonement for the sanctuary, to cleanse it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and from their transgressions in all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting which dwelleth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. (Lev. 16:16)

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In the first month.This seems to enjoin, not a mere dedication, but an annual purification of the sanctuary; of which there is nothing said in the Mosaic law.

Ex. 12:2• ²This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. (Ex. 12:2)

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Num. 28:11‑15• ¹¹And in the beginnings of your months ye shall present a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven yearling lambs without blemish.
¹²And three tenth parts of fine flour as an oblation, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour as an oblation, mingled with oil, for the ram;
¹³and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil as an oblation for each lamb: it is a burnt-offering of a sweet odour, an offering by fire to Jehovah.
¹⁴And their drink-offerings: half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the monthly burnt-offering for each month throughout the months of the year.
¹⁵And a buck of the goats shall be offered, for a sin-offering to Jehovah, besides the continual burnt-offering, and its drink-offering. (Num. 28:11‑15)

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Matt. 6:33• ³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt. 6:33)

without blemish.

Lev. 22:20• ²⁰Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you. (Lev. 22:20)

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Heb. 7:26• ²⁶For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens: (Heb. 7:26)

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Heb. 9:14• ¹⁴how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God? (Heb. 9:14)

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1 Peter 1:19• ¹⁹but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ, (1 Peter 1:19)

and cleanse.

Ezek. 43:22,26• ²²And on the second day thou shalt present a he-goat without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall purge the altar, as they purged it with the bullock.
²⁶Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it, and consecrate it. (Ezek. 43:22,26)

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Lev. 16:16,33• ¹⁶and he shall make atonement for the sanctuary, to cleanse it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and from their transgressions in all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting which dwelleth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
³³And he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary; and for the tent of meeting, and for the altar shall he make atonement; and for the priests, and for the whole people of the congregation shall he make atonement. (Lev. 16:16,33)

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Heb. 9:22‑25• ²²and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission.
²³It was necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.
²⁴For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
²⁵nor in order that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy places every year with blood not his own; (Heb. 9:22‑25)

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Heb. 10:3‑4,19‑22• ³But in these there is a calling to mind of sins yearly.
⁴For blood of bulls and goats is incapable of taking away sins.
¹⁹Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the holy of holies by the blood of Jesus,
²⁰the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
²¹and having a great priest over the house of God,
²²let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water. (Heb. 10:3‑4,19‑22)

• {v.18-20} The year opens on its first day with an offering which sets forth Christ in His full unblemished devotedness, yet suffering for sin; and this again on the seventh day, for every one that errs and for the simple, that none such should be debarred from the enjoyment of God and his privileges. (“Notes on Ezekiel 45” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the first month, on the first of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock, without blemish, and thou shalt purged the sanctuary.

JND Translation Notes

See Note, ch. 43.20.