에스겔 44:23의 인용 해설

“And He made” – there is distinction employing [the word] bein with lamed. like “between water and water” (bein mayim lamayim) Genesis 1:6, “between holy and profane” (bein kodesh l’chol) Ezekiel 44:23 and there is [distinction] with bein and bein, as here – “and He separate between bein the waters below the firmament and between bein etc.”, and there is [distinction] with both of them, like “between you and between your G-d” (beineichem l’vein e-loheichem). The meaning of “and it was so” is that it attached to what follows: “when that happened, He called the heavens…”

יורו משפטיך ליעקב, “They will teach Your ordinances to Yaakov;” seeing that they are impartial people not showing undue favours to anyone, they are qualified to teach and help enforce Your laws. (Compare Ezekiel 44,23: ואת עמי יורו,”and My people they will instruct.) It is also written in Deut: 17,9: ובאת אל הכהנים הלוים והגידו לך את דבר המשפט, “when you will come to the priests, who are members of the tribe of the Levites, and they will tell you matters concerning the ordinances.”An alternate interpretation: “they will teach you the laws of the Torah, since they do not have to earn their living from farming, etc., they have the time to study and teach all these laws.” The reason they did not receive any share of the land of Israel was to enable them to do just that.