Ezekiel 45:23

23 "During the 1seven days of the feast he shall provide as a 2burnt offering to the LORD 3seven bulls and seven rams without blemish on every day of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering.

Ezekiel 45:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 45:23

And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering
to the Lord
Which is as follows: seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days;
that is, a bullock and a ram for each day: and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering;
all which were typical of Christ, signified by the "bullock", for his labour and patience; by the "ram", for his strength; and by the kid of the goats, for his likeness of sinful flesh, and having the sins of his people reckoned to him; which made him of ill savour to the justice and holiness of God, and for which he fell a sacrifice. This is also different from the law of Moses, which required two young bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs, ( Numbers 28:19 ) and therefore Jarchi confesses he knew not how to make this Scripture stand, or establish the sense of it.

Ezekiel 45:23 In-Context

21 "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
22 "On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.
23 "During the seven days of the feast he shall provide as a burnt offering to the LORD seven bulls and seven rams without blemish on every day of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering.
24 "He shall provide as a grain offering an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram and a hin of oil with an ephah.
25 "In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall provide like this, seven days for the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering and the oil."

Cross References 3

  • 1. Leviticus 23:8
  • 2. Numbers 28:16-25
  • 3. Numbers 23:1, 2; Job 42:8
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