Ezekiel 46:1-6

The Prince's Offerings

1 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "The ¹gate of the ²inner court facing east shall be ³shut the six ⁴working days; but it shall be opened on the ⁵sabbath day and opened on the day of the ⁶new moon.

2 "The ⁷prince shall enter by way of the porch of the gate from outside and stand by the ⁸post of the gate. Then the priests shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be ⁹shut until the evening.

3 "The ¹⁰people of the land shall also worship at the doorway of that gate before the LORD on the sabbaths and on the ¹¹new moons.

4 "The ¹²burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the LORD on the sabbath day shall be ¹³six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;

5 and the ¹⁴grain offering shall be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs as much as he is ¹⁵able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah.

6 "On the day of the ¹⁶new moon he shall offer a young bull without blemish, also six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish.

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Ezekiel 46:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 46

This chapter treats of the shutting of the eastern gate of the inner court on working days, and opening it on sabbaths and new moons, for the prince and people to worship in, Eze 46:1-3, gives a further account of the sacrifices of both at these seasons, and of their different ways of going in and out, Eze 46:4-15, delivers some rules about the prince's disposing of his gifts to his sons and servants, Eze 46:16-18 and describes the places for the priest's baking and boiling the sacrifices, Eze 46:19-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

1. Ezekiel 45:19
2. Ezekiel 8:16; Ezekiel 10:3
3. Ezekiel 44:1, 2
4. Exodus 20:9
5. Isaiah 66:23; Ezekiel 45:17
6. Ezekiel 45:18; Ezekiel 46:3, 6
7. Ezekiel 44:3; Ezekiel 46:8
8. Ezekiel 45:19
9. Ezekiel 46:12
10. Luke 1:10
11. Ezekiel 46:1
12. Ezekiel 45:17
13. Numbers 28:9
14. Numbers 28:12; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:7, 11
15. Ezekiel 46:7
16. Ezekiel 46:1

Footnotes 5

[a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
[b]. Lit "for"
[c]. Lit "for"
[d]. Lit "a gift of his hand"
[e]. Lit "for"