Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the prince—not King Messiah, as He never would offer a burnt offering for Himself, as the prince is to do (Ezekiel 46:4). The prince must mean the civil ruler under Messiah. His connection with the east gate (by which the Lord had returned to His temple) implies, that, as ruling under God, he is to stand in a place of peculiar nearness to God. He represents Messiah, who entered heaven, the true sanctuary, by a way that none other could, namely, by His own holiness; all others must enter as sinners by faith in His blood, through grace.
eat bread before the Lord—a custom connected with sacrifices (Genesis 31:54; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 24:11; I Corinthians 10:18).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 44:3:
Ezekiel 40:5
Ezekiel 44:2
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