Ezekiel 46:1-7

1 The Lord God saith these things, The gate of the inner foreyard, that beholdeth to the east, shall be closed six days in which work is done; for it shall be opened in the day of sabbath, but also it shall be opened in the day of calends. (The Lord God saith these things, The gate of the inner courtyard, that faceth east, shall be closed for the six days in which work is done; it shall be opened only on the day of sabbath, and on the day of calends.)
2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate withoutforth, and he shall stand in the threshold of the gate; and priests shall make the burnt sacrifice of him, and the peaceable sacrifices of him; and he shall worship on the threshold of the gate, and he shall go out; forsooth the gate shall not be closed till to the eventide. (And the prince shall enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and he shall stand at the gate's threshold; and the priests shall offer his burnt sacrifice, and his peace offerings; and he shall worship at the gate's threshold, and then he shall go out; and the gate shall not be closed until the evening.)
3 And the people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate, in sabbaths, and in calends, before the Lord. (And the people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate, on sabbaths, and on calends, before the Lord.)
4 Forsooth the prince shall offer this burnt sacrifice to the Lord in the day of sabbath, six lambs without wem, and a wether without wem, (And the prince shall offer this burnt sacrifice to the Lord on the day of sabbath, six lambs without blemish, or without fault, and a ram without blemish,)
5 and the sacrifice of ephah by a wether; but in the lambs he shall offer the sacrifice which his hand shall give, and of oil the measure hin, by each ephah. (and the sacrifice of an ephah of grain with the ram; and with each lamb he shall offer a sacrifice of whatever his hand shall give, and the measure of a hin of oil, with each ephah.)
6 But in the day of calends he shall offer a calf without wem of the drove; and six lambs, and wethers shall be without wem, (And on the day of calends he shall offer a calf of the herd without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram, which shall also be without blemish.)
7 and ephah by a calf. Also he shall make the sacrifice, ephah by a wether; but of lambs as his hand findeth, and of oil the measure hin, by each ephah. (And he shall provide the sacrifice of an ephah of grain with the calf, and another ephah of grain with the ram; and with the lambs whatever his hand may find; and the measure of a hin of oil with each ephah.)

Ezekiel 46:1-7 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.

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