Ezekiel 46KJV
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1Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

2And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

3Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

4And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the Lord in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

5And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

6And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.

7And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

8And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

9But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

10And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.

11And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

12Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

13Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.

14And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the Lord.

15Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

16Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

17But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

18Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

19After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.

20Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

21Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

22In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

23And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.

24Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

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Chapter Summary

In this chapter: The Vision of the Temple. (1-24).

vv1-24

The ordinances of worship for the prince and for the people, are here described, and the gifts the prince may bestow on his sons and servants. Our Lord has directed us to do many duties, but he has also left many things to our choice, that those who delight in his commandments may abound therein to his glory, without entangling their own consciences, or prescribing rules unfit for others; but we must never omit our daily worship, nor neglect to apply the sacrifice of the Lamb of God to our souls, for pardon, peace, and salvation.

Cross References

Ezekiel 46
v17Leviticus 25:10thematic

The year of liberty refers to the Jubilee, when alienated inheritance returns to the original owner.

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v10Psalms 42:4thematic

The prince worships in the midst of the congregation, leading them to God's house.

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v181 Kings 21:19contrast

Contrasts the ideal prince who does not oppress with Ahab's violent theft of Naboth's inheritance.

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The posture of the prince and people bowing and worshipping while the sacrifices are offered.

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v4Numbers 28:9thematic

Ezekiel's Sabbath offerings are larger and more munificent than those prescribed in the Mosaic law.

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v20Leviticus 6:26thematic

Preserves the sanctity of the sin offering, which the priests must cook and eat in holy places.

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v1Ezekiel 44:2thematic

Explains the shutting of the east gate, which remains closed on regular working days.

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v2Ezekiel 44:3thematic

Clarifies the unique privilege of the prince to enter and eat bread by the east gate porch.

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v21 Kings 8:22thematic

Parallels Solomon standing before the altar of the Lord as representative of the worshipping nation.

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v13Numbers 28:3-8thematic

Establishes the Mosaic baseline for the daily morning and evening continual burnt offering.

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v16John 8:35thematic

Contrasts the permanent inheritance of sons with the temporary status of servants.

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v1Colossians 2:16thematic

New Testament fulfillment of the symbolic shadows of Sabbaths and new moons.

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The requirement for the people of the land to appear before the Lord during major feasts.

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v12Leviticus 7:16thematic

The Mosaic regulation for voluntary or free-will offerings presented before the Lord.

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v181 Kings 21:3thematic

Illustrates Naboth's religious duty to preserve his ancestral inheritance from royal seizure.

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v17Isaiah 61:2allusion

Connects the year of liberty / jubilee to the messianic proclamation of the acceptable year.

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