Ezekiel 46:3

3 The people of the land shall bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the sabbaths and on the new moons.

Ezekiel 46:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 46:3

Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door
of this gate before the Lord
Publicly, and in a spiritual manner; attending the ministration of the word and ordinances with constancy and fervency; praying to God, praising his name, and hearing his word with attention; and performing all the duties of religious worship. The allusion is to the people of Israel meeting at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, ( Exodus 29:42 ) : "in the sabbaths, and in the new moons"; at their stated weekly and monthly meetings; see ( Isaiah 66:23 ) .

Ezekiel 46:3 In-Context

1 Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall remain closed on the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

2 The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his offerings of well-being, and he shall bow down at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be closed until evening.

3 The people of the land shall bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the sabbaths and on the new moons.

4 The burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;

5 and the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he wishes to give, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.