Eze 44:2-4, 46:1-2 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 2. This gate shall be shut ] It was not to be opened on ordinary occasions , nor at all on the week days : but only on the Sabbaths and the new moons . See the account of the gates (4) in the explanation of the plan. . This verse has been adduced by the Roman Catholics to prove the perpetual virginity of the mother of our Lord; and it may be allowed to be as much to the purpose as any other that has been brought to prove this very precarious point, on which no stress should ever be laid by any man. Mary was a virgin when she brought forth Jesus.

‏ Ezekiel 44:2-4

Verse 2. This gate shall be shut] It was not to be opened on ordinary occasions, nor at all on the week days: but only on the Sabbaths and the new moons. See the account of the gates (4) in the explanation of the plan. See Clarke on Eze 48:35.

This verse has been adduced by the Roman Catholics to prove the perpetual virginity of the mother of our Lord; and it may be allowed to be as much to the purpose as any other that has been brought to prove this very precarious point, on which no stress should ever be laid by any man. Mary was a virgin when she brought forth Jesus.

‏ Ezekiel 46:1-2

CHAPTER XLVI

Ordinances of worship prescribed for the prince and for the people, 1-15;

and the gifts he may bestow on his sons and servants, 16-18.

A description of the courts appointed for boiling or baking any part of the holy oblations, 19-24.

NOTES ON CHAP. XLVI