Verse 5
And the Lord said unto me, son of man ,.... This is still the voice of the Lord speaking out of the house to the prophet, Ezekiel 43:6 ,
mark well ; or, "set thine heart" F6 שים לבך "pone cor tuum", V. L. Vatablus, Paguinus, Montanus; "pone ad cor tuum", Starckius. ; be attentive to what is about to be said, as being of great concern and importance:
and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee ; heart, eyes, and ears, are all to be employed in the most diligent manner in regarding the things hereafter delivered; the same expressions exciting attention were used at the first of this vision, Ezekiel 40:4 , concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; See Gill on Ezekiel 43:11 ,
mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary ; the way of entrance into the Gospel church, and the manner of exclusion from it, and the laws and rules concerning these; the prophet is bid particularly to observe these well, because it was in these things God's professing people chiefly offended, as appears by what follows; they were not so careful as they should have been in the admission of persons among them, or in the exclusion of delinquents.
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