Ezekiel 46:8-18

8 And when the prince comes, on the way of the portico of the gate he shall come and by this way he shall go out.
9 And when the people of the land come {before} Yahweh at the festivals, [the] one coming [by] way of [the] gate of [the] north to bow down must go out [by] [the] way of [the] gate of [the] south, and the [one] coming [by] way of [the] gate of [the] south must go out [by the] way of [the] gate of [the] north, [so] he must not return [by] the way of the gate [by] which he came, but before it he shall go out opposite it.
10 And the prince [will be] in the midst of them; he will come in when they come in, and when they go out he will go out.
11 And at the festivals and at the appointed times, the grain offering will be an ephah with a bull and an ephah with the ram and with the male lambs, {as much as he wants to give}, and a hin of olive oil {for each ephah}.
12 And when the prince makes a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or a fellowship offering [as] a freewill offering to Yahweh, the gate facing east will be open for him. And he must offer his burnt offering and his fellowship offering {just as} he does on the day of the Sabbath, and [then] he must go out and the gate will shut {after he goes out}.
13 And a male lamb, {a yearling} without defect, he must provide as a burnt offering {daily} for Yahweh; {every morning} he must provide it.
14 And [a] grain offering he must provide in addition to it {every morning}, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of olive oil to moisten the finely milled flour [as] a grain offering to Yahweh {as a perpetual statute}.
15 [So] they must provide the male lamb and the grain offering and the olive oil {every morning} {as a regular burnt offering}."
16 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "If the prince gives a gift to any [one] from [among] his sons, it [is] his inheritance [and] it will belong to his sons; it is their possession as an inheritance.
17 And if he give a gift from his inheritance to one from [among] his servants, then it will belong to him until the year of release, and [then] it will return to the prince. His inheritance [with respect to] his sons will be only for them.
18 But the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people to rob them, [separating them] from their property; from his [own] property he shall bestow an inheritance on his sons, so that my people will not be driven away, any one, from his property."

Ezekiel 46:8-18 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.

Footnotes 23

  • [a]. Or "by"
  • [b]. Or "his"
  • [c]. Literally "to the face of"
  • [d]. Or "to worship"
  • [e]. Hebrew "came by it"
  • [f]. According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  • [g]. Literally "the gift of his hand"
  • [h]. Literally "to the ephah"
  • [i]. Literally "as that"
  • [j]. Literally "after his going out"
  • [k]. Literally "a son of his year"
  • [l]. Literally "for the day"
  • [m]. Literally "in the morning in the morning"
  • [n]. Literally "in the morning in the morning"
  • [o]. Hebrew "the"
  • [p]. Hebrew "the"
  • [q]. Literally "regulations of everlasting continually"
  • [r]. Literally "in the morning in the morning"
  • [s]. Literally "as burnt offering of regularity/continuity"
  • [t]. Hebrew "be"
  • [u]. Hebrew "be"
  • [v]. That is, the Year of Jubilee
  • [w]. Or "oppress"
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