Ezekiel 45:17 - Exposition

The prince, as receiver-general of the people's offerings, should devote them to maintaining (literally, it should be upon him, and so form part of his duty to maintain) the sacrificial worship of the new temple, in the feasts ( הַגִּים , or joyous celebrations), and in the now moons , and in the sabbaths , and generally in all solemnities ( מוֹעָדִים , or appointed times, hence festal seasons) of the house of Israel , that thereby he might make reconciliation (or, atonement ) for the house of Israel. This combination of the kingly and priestly offices in the person of the prince (David) obviously typified the similar union of the same offices in David's Son (Christ).