you shall give to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord GOD, a bull from the herd for a sin offering.
Christ is our altar, and these measurements show how His sacrifice sanctifies all our service. The benches where priests stood and handed offerings upward teach us a profound truth: in God's work we must assist one another, each dependent on the next, all moving toward the One who takes away sin.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 43:13-27
Zadok means the righteous one, and he typifies Christ the righteous; his seed here signifies the seed of Christ, those whom He makes priests unto the Lord. The young bullock is typical of Christ, strong and laborious, able to bear the sins of His people and made sin itself for them.
AI summary
The priests - that be of the seed of Zadok - It was this Zadok that was put in the place of Abiathar, by Solomon, Kg1 2:35, in whose family the priesthood had continued ever since.