John Trapp on Ezekiel 45:1

CHAP. XLV.

Ver. 1. MOreover when ye ſhall divide by lot] As chap. 48. where we have the diviſion of the land, and the ſeveral ſeats aſſigned to each Tribe. Here we have firſt proviſion made for the Church-ſervice, which Chriſts people are moſt zealous of, and do therefore allot, before any divident, a portion for the Lords houſe and ſervants; and that very large, to prefigure the largeneſs of the Church of the New Teſtament. See Rev. 7.9, 10, &c. Here Hierom acknowledgeth himſelf to be in a Labyrinth: the Jews call again for their Elias: Oecolampadius comes in with his Hujus loci myſteria tacitus veneror, and thinks this part of the Prophecy ſuch as no humane underſtanding can fathom. Howbeit Nil desperandum Chriſto duce, & auſpice Chriſto.

The length ſhall be] See the Note on chap. 40.1.