The Prince and the Feasts

Ezekiel 46

1 "Thus says the Lord God: p The gate of q the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and r on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2 s The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by t the post of the gate. u The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at v the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening. 3 w 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 x The burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord y on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish. 5 And z the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah, 1 and the grain offering with the lambs shall be a as much as he is able, together with a hin 2 of oil to each ephah. 6 On the day of the new moon he shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish, and six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish. 7 As a grain offering he shall provide an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs b as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah. 8 c When the prince enters, he shall enter by the vestibule of the gate, and he shall go out by the same way.

9 d "When the people of the land e come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead. 10 When they enter, f the prince shall enter with them, and when they go out, he shall go out.

11 "At the feasts and the appointed festivals, z the grain offering with a young bull shall be an ephah, and with a ram an ephah, and with the lambs b as much as one is able to give, together with a hin of oil to an ephah. 12 When the prince provides g a freewill offering, either a burnt offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the Lord, h the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall offer his burnt offering or his peace offerings i as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out the gate shall be shut.

13 j "You shall provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to the Lord daily; morning by morning you shall provide it. 14 And k you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, one sixth of an ephah, and one third of a hin of oil to moisten the flour, as a grain offering to the Lord. This is a perpetual statute. 15 Thus the lamb and the meal offering and the oil shall be provided, morning by morning, for l a regular burnt offering.

16 "Thus says the Lord God: If the prince makes a gift to any of his sons as his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons. It is their property by inheritance. 17 But if he makes a gift m out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to n the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince; surely it is his inheritance - it shall belong to his sons. 18 o The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, p thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be q scattered from his property."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:19
    The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:16
    And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:18
    Thus says the Lord God : In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a bull from the herd without blemish, and purify the sanctuary.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:3
    Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:19
    The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:38 - 39
    There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, where the burnt offering was to be washed.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 9:3
    Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub on which it rested to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:9
    When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:17
    It shall be the prince's duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 28:9 - 10
    On the Sabbath day, two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering:
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:14
    And you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, one sixth of an ephah, and one third of a hin of oil to moisten the flour, as a grain offering to the Lord. This is a perpetual statute.
    Ezekiel 45:24
    And he shall provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a hin of oil to each ephah.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 16:17
    Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:5
    And the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:2
    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 peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:3
    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.
  16. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 16:16
    Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
    Exodus 23:14 - 17
    Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 42:4
    These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:5
    And the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:7
    As a grain offering he shall provide an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:16
    But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten.
    Leviticus 22:23
    You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted.
    Deuteronomy 23:23
    You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:1
    Thus says the Lord God : The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut 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.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:2
    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 peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 29:38
    Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly.
    Numbers 28:3 - 4
    And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall offer to the Lord : two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular offering.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:5
    And the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.
  25. Cross References
    Numbers 23:15
    Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.
    Numbers 23:17
    And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:7
    And to the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:10
    And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.
  28. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:14
    He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
    1 Kings 21:3
    But Naboth said to Ahab, "The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.
    1 Kings 21:7
    And Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now govern Israel? Arise and eat bread and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  29. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:8
    Of the land. It is to be his property in Israel. And my princes shall no more oppress my people, but they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:4 - 5
    The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.
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