It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
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Gill's Exposition
It is for the prince: the prince shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord,.... Or, "as for the prince, the prince shall sit in it" (e); in the gate which is shut to others: not the high priest, as…
Barnes' Notes
The prince - Foretold under the name of David Eze 34:24. The rabbis understood this to be the Messiah. To eat bread - See Lev 2:3; Lev 24:9; according to the old Law these feasts belonged only to the…
The prophet is here brought to review what he had before once surveyed; for, though we have often looked into the things of God, they will yet bear to be looked over again, such a copiousness there is…
Cambridge Bible
The only exception is in favour of the prince. He shall eat bread in this gate, i.e. partake of the sacrificial meal there. Though not expressly stated it is implied that the meal shall be partaken of…
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