Ezekiel 46

Ezekiel 46:1

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

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Thus saith Whether the rules for public worship here laid down were designed to be observed in those things wherein they differed from the law of Moses , in the ministrations of the second temple , is not certain. In the latter history of the Jewish church , the law of Moses only was followed , except in the corruption of following the traditions of the fathers.

The gate The prophet had before observed that the east gate of the outer court was shut , and was told that it must only be opened for the prince; and now he is informed that the gate of the inner court on the east was also shut , and is to be opened only on the sabbath and new moons , till the evening.

Ezekiel 46:2

The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.

Ezekiel 46:2 · BSB

prepare Or , "offer ," as the word asah frequently denotes. The whole of this seems to intimate the constant , reverential , and exemplary attendance of kings on the pure ordinances of religion , in the approaching flourishing days of the church.

Ezekiel 46:3

On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.

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Ezekiel 46:4

The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.

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Ezekiel 46:5

The grain offering with the ram shall be one ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, along with a hin of oil per ephah.

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Ezekiel 46:6

On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.

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Ezekiel 46:7

He is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.

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Ezekiel 46:8

When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way.

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Ezekiel 46:9

When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.

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when the people This may intimate , that every thing should be regulated , in divine worship , so as to prevent disorder and interruption , and also that men should go forward and make progress in religion , and not turn their backs upon God.

Ezekiel 46:10

When the people enter, the prince shall go in with them, and when they leave, he shall leave.

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Ezekiel 46:11

At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.

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Ezekiel 46:12

When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.

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Ezekiel 46:13

And you shall provide an unblemished year-old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you are to offer it every morning.

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Ezekiel 46:14

You are also to provide with it every morning a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute.

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Ezekiel 46:15

Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a regular burnt offering.’

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Ezekiel 46:16

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.

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Ezekiel 46:17

But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.

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Ezekiel 46:18

The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”

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Ezekiel 46:19

Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end

Ezekiel 46:19 · BSB

a place This place was at the west corners of the inner court , or court of the priests; where they prepared the most holy things , the trespass and sin offering , which none but the priests might eat; that they might not "bear them out into the utter court , to sanctify the people ," that is , by touching them incapacitate them from discharging their ordinary occupations.

Ezekiel 46:20

and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”

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Ezekiel 46:21

Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.

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Ezekiel 46:22

In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. Each of the four corner areas had the same dimensions.

Ezekiel 46:22 · BSB

court These court in the corners of the outer court , or court of the people , appear to have been a kind of uncovered apartments , surrounded with little chambers for the cooks , and used for dressing the peace offerings of the people. On these their families and friends feasted; and portions were sent to the poor , the widow , and the orphan; and thus the spirit of devotion preserved the spirit of mercy , charity , and benevolence , in the land.

joined or , made with chimneys

Ezekiel 46:24

And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”

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