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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 46:1	Strong Concordance	Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; The gate [08179] of the inner [06442] court [02691] that looketh [06437] toward the east [06921] shall be shut [05462] the six [08337] working [04639] days [03117]; but on the sabbath [07676] [03117] it shall be opened [06605], and in the day [03117] of the new moon [02320] it shall be opened [06605].
	King James	Thus 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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The prophet beholds in vision people, priest, and prince uniting in most solemn worship before the throne of God. The character of the rites here described is symbolic.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The prophet beholds in vision people, priest, and prince uniting in most solemn worship before the throne of God. The character of the rites here described is symbolic.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Sacrifices for the Sabbath and New Moon As, according to Eze 45:17, it devolved upon the prince to provide and bring the sacrifices for himself and the house of Israel; after the appointment of the sacrifices to be offered at the yearly feasts (Eze 45:18-25), and before the regulation of the sacrifices for the Sabbath and new moon (Eze 46:4-7), directions are given as to the conduct of the prince at the offering of these sacrifices (Eze 46:1-3). For although the slaughtering and preparation of the sacrifices for the altar devolved upon the priests, the prince was to be present at the offering of the sacrifices to be provided by him, whereas the people were under no obligation to appear before the Lord in the temple except at the yearly feasts. Eze 46:1. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, The gate of the inner court, which looks toward the east, shall be shut the six working days, and on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. Eze 46:2. And the prince shall come by the way to the porch of the gate from without, and stand at the posts of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship on the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be shut till the evening. Eze 46:3. And the people of the land shall worship at the entrance of that gate on the Sabbaths and on the new moons before Jehovah. Eze 46:4. And the burnt-offering which the prince shall offer to Jehovah shall consist on the Sabbath-day of six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; Eze 46:5. And as a meat-offering, an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs as a meat-offering that which his hand may give, and of oil a hin to the ephah (of meal). Eze 46:6. And on the day of the new moon there shall be an bullock, a young ox without blemish, and six lambs and a ram without blemish; Eze 46:7. And he shall put an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram for the meat-offering, and for the lambs as much as his hand affords, and of oil a hin for the ephah. - Eze 46:1-3 supply and explain the instructions given in Eze 44:1-3 concerning the outer eastern gate. As the east gate of the outer court (Eze 44:1), so also the east gate of the inner court was to remain closed during the six working days, and only to be opened on the Sabbaths and new moons, when it was to remain open till the evening. The prince was to enter this inner east gate, and to stand there and worship upon the threshold while his sacrifice was being prepared and offered. בּוא דּרך אוּלם is to be taken as in Eze 44:3; but מחוּץ, which is appended, is not to be referred to the entrance into the inner court, as the statement would be quite superfluous so far as this is concerned, since any one who was not already in the inner court must enter the gate-building of the inner court from without, or from the outer court. The meaning of מחוּץ is rather that the prince was to enter, or to go to, the gate porch of the inner court through the outer east gate. There he was to stand at the posts of the gate and worship on the threshold of the gate during the sacrificial ceremony; and when this was over he was to go out again, namely, by the same way by which he entered (Eze 44:3). But the people who came to the temple on the Sabbaths and new moons were to worship פּתח, i.e., at the entrance of this gate, outside the threshold of the gate. Kliefoth in wrong in taking פּתח in the sense of through the doorway, as signifying that the people were to remain in front of the outer east gate, and to worship looking at the temple through this gate and through the open gate between. For השּׁער ההוּא roF ., hits gate, can only be the gate of the inner court, which has been already mentioned. There is no force in the consideration which has led Kliefoth to overlook ההוּא, and think of the outer gate, namely, that "it would be unnatural to suppose that the people were to come into the outer court through the outer north and south gates, whilst the outer east gate remained shut (or perhaps more correctly, was opened for the prince), and so stand in front of the inner court," as it is impossible to see what there is that is unnatural in such a supposition. On the other hand, it is unnatural to assume that the people, who, according to Eze 46:9, were to come through the north and south gates into the outer court at all the מועדים to appear before Jehovah, were not allowed to enter the court upon the Sabbaths and new moons if they should wish to worship before Jehovah upon these days also, but were to stand outside before the gate of the outer court. The difference between the princes and the people, with regard to visiting the temple upon the Sabbaths and new moons, consisted chiefly in this, that the prince could enter by the outer east gate and proceed as far as the posts of the middle gate, and there worship upon the threshold of the gate, whereas the people were only allowed to come into the outer court through the outer north and south gates, and could only proceed to the front of the middle gate. - Eze 46:4. The burnt-offering for the Sabbath is considerably increased when compared with that appointed in the Mosaic law. The law requires two yearling lambs with the corresponding meat-offering (Num 28:9); Ezekiel, six lambs and one ram, and in addition to these a meat-offering for the ram according to the proportion already laid down in Eze 45:24 for the festal sacrifices; and for the lambs, מתּת ידו, a gift, a present of his hand, - that is to say, not a handful of meal, but, according to the formula used in alternation with it in Eze 46:7, as much as his hand can afford. For כּאשׁר , see Lev 14:30; Lev 25:26. - It is different with the sacrifices of the new moon in Eze 46:6 and Eze 46:7. The law of Moses prescribed two bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs, with the corresponding meat-offering, and a he-goat for a sin-offering (Num 28:11-15); the thorah of Ezekiel, on the contrary, omits the sin-offering, and reduces the burnt-offering to one bullock, one ram, and six lambs, together with a meat-offering, according to the proportion already mentioned, which is peculiar to his law. The first תּמימים in Eze 46:6 is a copyist's error for תּמים.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Sacrifices for the Sabbath and New Moon

As, according to Eze 45:17, it devolved upon the prince to provide and bring the sacrifices for himself and the house of Israel; after the appointment of the sacrifices to be offered at the yearly feasts (Eze 45:18-25), and before the regulation of the sacrifices for the Sabbath and new moon (Eze 46:4-7), directions are given as to the conduct of the prince at the offering of these sacrifices (Eze 46:1-3). For although the slaughtering and preparation of the sacrifices for the altar devolved upon the priests, the prince was to be present at the offering of the sacrifices to be provided by him, whereas the people were under no obligation to appear before the Lord in the temple except at the yearly feasts.

Eze 46:1. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, The gate of the inner court, which looks toward the east, shall be shut the six working days, and on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. Eze 46:2. And the prince shall come by the way to the porch of the gate from without, and stand at the posts of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship on the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be shut till the evening. Eze 46:3. And the people of the land shall worship at the entrance of that gate on the Sabbaths and on the new moons before Jehovah. Eze 46:4. And the burnt-offering which the prince shall offer to Jehovah shall consist on the Sabbath-day of six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; Eze 46:5. And as a meat-offering, an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs as a meat-offering that which his hand may give, and of oil a hin to the ephah (of meal). Eze 46:6. And on the day of the new moon there shall be an bullock, a young ox without blemish, and six lambs and a ram without blemish; Eze 46:7. And he shall put an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram for the meat-offering, and for the lambs as much as his hand affords, and of oil a hin for the ephah. - Eze 46:1-3 supply and explain the instructions given in Eze 44:1-3 concerning the outer eastern gate. As the east gate of the outer court (Eze 44:1), so also the east gate of the inner court was to remain closed during the six working days, and only to be opened on the Sabbaths and new moons, when it was to remain open till the evening. The prince was to enter this inner east gate, and to stand there and worship upon the threshold while his sacrifice was being prepared and offered. בּוא דּרך אוּלם is to be taken as in Eze 44:3; but מחוּץ, which is appended, is not to be referred to the entrance into the inner court, as the statement would be quite superfluous so far as this is concerned, since any one who was not already in the inner court must enter the gate-building of the inner court from without, or from the outer court. The meaning of מחוּץ is rather that the prince was to enter, or to go to, the gate porch of the inner court through the outer east gate. There he was to stand at the posts of the gate and worship on the threshold of the gate during the sacrificial ceremony; and when this was over he was to go out again, namely, by the same way by which he entered (Eze 44:3). But the people who came to the temple on the Sabbaths and new moons were to worship פּתח, i.e., at the entrance of this gate, outside the threshold of the gate. Kliefoth in wrong in taking פּתח in the sense of through the doorway, as signifying that the people were to remain in front of the outer east gate, and to worship looking at the temple through this gate and through the open gate between. For השּׁער ההוּא roF ., hits gate, can only be the gate of the inner court, which has been already mentioned. There is no force in the consideration which has led Kliefoth to overlook ההוּא, and think of the outer gate, namely, that "it would be unnatural to suppose that the people were to come into the outer court through the outer north and south gates, whilst the outer east gate remained shut (or perhaps more correctly, was opened for the prince), and so stand in front of the inner court," as it is impossible to see what there is that is unnatural in such a supposition. On the other hand, it is unnatural to assume that the people, who, according to Eze 46:9, were to come through the north and south gates into the outer court at all the מועדים to appear before Jehovah, were not allowed to enter the court upon the Sabbaths and new moons if they should wish to worship before Jehovah upon these days also, but were to stand outside before the gate of the outer court. The difference between the princes and the people, with regard to visiting the temple upon the Sabbaths and new moons, consisted chiefly in this, that the prince could enter by the outer east gate and proceed as far as the posts of the middle gate, and there worship upon the threshold of the gate, whereas the people were only allowed to come into the outer court through the outer north and south gates, and could only proceed to the front of the middle gate. - Eze 46:4. The burnt-offering for the Sabbath is considerably increased when compared with that appointed in the Mosaic law. The law requires two yearling lambs with the corresponding meat-offering (Num 28:9); Ezekiel, six lambs and one ram, and in addition to these a meat-offering for the ram according to the proportion already laid down in Eze 45:24 for the festal sacrifices; and for the lambs, מתּת ידו, a gift, a present of his hand, - that is to say, not a handful of meal, but, according to the formula used in alternation with it in Eze 46:7, as much as his hand can afford. For כּאשׁר , see Lev 14:30; Lev 25:26. - It is different with the sacrifices of the new moon in Eze 46:6 and Eze 46:7. The law of Moses prescribed two bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs, with the corresponding meat-offering, and a he-goat for a sin-offering (Num 28:11-15); the thorah of Ezekiel, on the contrary, omits the sin-offering, and reduces the burnt-offering to one bullock, one ram, and six lambs, together with a meat-offering, according to the proportion already mentioned, which is peculiar to his law. The first תּמימים in Eze 46:6 is a copyist's error for תּמים.

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⁶ And in the day [03117] of the new moon [02320] it shall be a young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] without blemish [08549], and six [08337] lambs [03532], and a ram [0352]: they shall be without blemish [08549].

¹¹ And in the beginnings [07218] of your months [02320] ye shall offer [07126] a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068]; two [08147] young [01241] bullocks [06499], and one [0259] ram [0352], seven [07651] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] without spot [08549];
¹² And three [07969] tenth deals [06241] of flour [05560] for a meat offering [04503], mingled [01101] with oil [08081], for one [0259] bullock [06499]; and two [08147] tenth [06241] deals of flour [05560] for a meat offering [04503], mingled [01101] with oil [08081], for one [0259] ram [0352];
¹³ And a several tenth deal [06241] of flour [05560] mingled [01101] with oil [08081] for a meat offering [04503] unto one [0259] lamb [03532]; for a burnt offering [05930] of a sweet [05207] savour [07381], a sacrifice made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].
¹⁴ And their drink offerings [05262] shall be half [02677] an hin [01969] of wine [03196] unto a bullock [06499], and the third [07992] part of an hin [01969] unto a ram [0352], and a fourth [07243] part of an hin [01969] unto a lamb [03532]: this is the burnt offering [05930] of every month [02320] throughout the months [02320] of the year [08141].
¹⁵ And one [0259] kid [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403] unto the LORD [03068] shall be offered [06213], beside the continual [08548] burnt offering [05930], and his drink offering [05262].

⁷ And he shall prepare [06213] a meat offering [04503], an ephah [0374] for a bullock [06499], and an ephah [0374] for a ram [0352], and for the lambs [03532] according as his hand [03027] shall attain [05381] unto, and an hin [01969] of oil [08081] to an ephah [0374].

²⁶ And if the man [0376] have none to redeem [01350] it, and himself [03027] be able [01767] [05381] to redeem [04672] [01353] it;

³⁰ And he shall offer [06213] the one [0259] of the turtledoves [08449], or of the young [01121] pigeons [03123], such as [0834] he can get [03027] [05381];

²⁴ And he shall prepare [06213] a meat offering [04503] of an ephah [0374] for a bullock [06499], and an ephah [0374] for a ram [0352], and an hin [01969] of oil [08081] for an ephah [0374].

⁹ And on the sabbath [07676] day [03117] two [08147] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] without spot [08549], and two [08147] tenth [06241] deals of flour [05560] for a meat offering [04503], mingled [01101] with oil [08081], and the drink offering [05262] thereof:

⁹ But when the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall come [0935] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in the solemn feasts [04150], he that entereth [0935] in by the way [01870] of the north [06828] gate [08179] to worship [07812] shall go out [03318] by the way [01870] of the south [05045] gate [08179]; and he that entereth [0935] by the way [01870] of the south [05045] gate [08179] shall go forth [03318] by the way [01870] of the north [06828] gate [08179]: he shall not return [07725] by the way [01870] of the gate [08179] whereby he came in [0935], but shall go forth [03318] over against [05226] it.

³ It is for the prince [05387]; the prince [05387], he shall sit [03427] in it to eat [0398] bread [03899] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; he shall enter [0935] by the way [01870] of the porch [0197] of that gate [08179], and shall go out [03318] by the way [01870] of the same.

¹ Then he brought me back [07725] the way [01870] of the gate [08179] of the outward [02435] sanctuary [04720] which looketh [06437] toward the east [06921]; and it was shut [05462].

¹ Then he brought me back [07725] the way [01870] of the gate [08179] of the outward [02435] sanctuary [04720] which looketh [06437] toward the east [06921]; and it was shut [05462].
² Then said [0559] the LORD [03068] unto me; This gate [08179] shall be shut [05462], it shall not be opened [06605], and no man [0376] shall enter [0935] in by it; because the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], hath entered [0935] in by it, therefore it shall be shut [05462].
³ It is for the prince [05387]; the prince [05387], he shall sit [03427] in it to eat [0398] bread [03899] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; he shall enter [0935] by the way [01870] of the porch [0197] of that gate [08179], and shall go out [03318] by the way [01870] of the same.

¹ Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; The gate [08179] of the inner [06442] court [02691] that looketh [06437] toward the east [06921] shall be shut [05462] the six [08337] working [04639] days [03117]; but on the sabbath [07676] [03117] it shall be opened [06605], and in the day [03117] of the new moon [02320] it shall be opened [06605].
² And the prince [05387] shall enter [0935] by the way [01870] of the porch [0197] of that gate [08179] without [02351], and shall stand [05975] by the post [04201] of the gate [08179], and the priests [03548] shall prepare [06213] his burnt offering [05930] and his peace offerings [08002], and he shall worship [07812] at the threshold [04670] of the gate [08179]: then he shall go forth [03318]; but the gate [08179] shall not be shut [05462] until the evening [06153].
³ Likewise the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall worship [07812] at the door [06607] of this gate [08179] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in the sabbaths [07676] and in the new moons [02320].

⁵ And the meat offering [04503] shall be an ephah [0374] for a ram [0352], and the meat offering [04503] for the lambs [03532] as he shall be able [03027] to give [04991], and an hin [01969] of oil [08081] to an ephah [0374].

³ Likewise the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall worship [07812] at the door [06607] of this gate [08179] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in the sabbaths [07676] and in the new moons [02320].

² And the prince [05387] shall enter [0935] by the way [01870] of the porch [0197] of that gate [08179] without [02351], and shall stand [05975] by the post [04201] of the gate [08179], and the priests [03548] shall prepare [06213] his burnt offering [05930] and his peace offerings [08002], and he shall worship [07812] at the threshold [04670] of the gate [08179]: then he shall go forth [03318]; but the gate [08179] shall not be shut [05462] until the evening [06153].

⁴ And the burnt offering [05930] that the prince [05387] shall offer [07126] unto the LORD [03068] in the sabbath [07676] day [03117] shall be six [08337] lambs [03532] without blemish [08549], and a ram [0352] without blemish [08549].
⁵ And the meat offering [04503] shall be an ephah [0374] for a ram [0352], and the meat offering [04503] for the lambs [03532] as he shall be able [03027] to give [04991], and an hin [01969] of oil [08081] to an ephah [0374].
⁶ And in the day [03117] of the new moon [02320] it shall be a young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] without blemish [08549], and six [08337] lambs [03532], and a ram [0352]: they shall be without blemish [08549].
⁷ And he shall prepare [06213] a meat offering [04503], an ephah [0374] for a bullock [06499], and an ephah [0374] for a ram [0352], and for the lambs [03532] according as his hand [03027] shall attain [05381] unto, and an hin [01969] of oil [08081] to an ephah [0374].

¹⁸ Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; In the first [07223] month, in the first [0259] day of the month [02320], thou shalt take [03947] a young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] without blemish [08549], and cleanse [02398] the sanctuary [04720]:
¹⁹ And the priest [03548] shall take [03947] of the blood [01818] of the sin offering [02403], and put [05414] it upon the posts [04201] of the house [01004], and upon the four [0702] corners [06438] of the settle [05835] of the altar [04196], and upon the posts [04201] of the gate [08179] of the inner [06442] court [02691].
²⁰ And so thou shalt do [06213] the seventh [07651] day of the month [02320] for every one [0376] that erreth [07686], and for him that is simple [06612]: so shall ye reconcile [03722] the house [01004].
²¹ In the first [07223] month, in the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day [03117] of the month [02320], ye shall have the passover [06453], a feast [02282] of seven [07620] days [03117]; unleavened bread [04682] shall be eaten [0398].
²² And upon that day [03117] shall the prince [05387] prepare [06213] for himself and for all the people [05971] of the land [0776] a bullock [06499] for a sin offering [02403].
²³ And seven [07651] days [03117] of the feast [02282] he shall prepare [06213] a burnt offering [05930] to the LORD [03068], seven [07651] bullocks [06499] and seven [07651] rams [0352] without blemish [08549] daily [03117] the seven [07651] days [03117]; and a kid [08163] of the goats [05795] daily [03117] for a sin offering [02403].
²⁴ And he shall prepare [06213] a meat offering [04503] of an ephah [0374] for a bullock [06499], and an ephah [0374] for a ram [0352], and an hin [01969] of oil [08081] for an ephah [0374].
²⁵ In the seventh [07651] month, in the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the month [02320], shall he do [06213] the like in the feast [02282] of the seven [07637] days [03117], according to the sin offering [02403], according to the burnt offering [05930], and according to the meat offering [04503], and according to the oil [08081].

¹⁷ And it shall be the prince's part [05387] to give burnt offerings [05930], and meat offerings [04503], and drink offerings [05262], in the feasts [02282], and in the new moons [02320], and in the sabbaths [07676], in all solemnities [04150] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: he shall prepare [06213] the sin offering [02403], and the meat offering [04503], and the burnt offering [05930], and the peace offerings [08002], to make reconciliation [03722] for the house [01004] of Israel [03478].