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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 46:8	Strong Concordance	And when the prince [05387] shall enter [0935], he shall go [0935] in by the way [01870] of the porch [0197] of that gate [08179], and he shall go forth [03318] by the way [01870] thereof.
	King James	And 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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
That gate - The eastern gate of the inner court. See Eze 46:2.

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

That gate - The eastern gate of the inner court. See Eze 46:2.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
On the Opening of the Temple for the People, and for the Voluntary Offerings of the Prince. - Eze 46:8. And when the prince cometh, he shall go in by the way to the porch of the gate, and by its way shall he go out. Eze 46:9. And when the people of the land come before Jehovah on the feast days, he who enters through the north gate to worship shall go out through the south gate; and he who enters through the south gate shall go out through the north gate: they shall not return through the gate through which they entered, but go out straight forward. Eze 46:10. And the prince shall enter in the midst of them, when they enter; and when they go out, they shall go out (together). Eze 46:11. And at the feast days and holy days the meat-offering shall be an ephah for the bullock, an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs what his hand may give, and of oil a hin for the ephah. Eze 46:12. And when the prince prepares a voluntary burnt-offering or voluntary peace-offerings to Jehovah, they shall open the gate that looks to the east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offerings and his peace-offering as he does on the Sabbath day; and when he has gone out they shall shut the gate after his going out. - The coming of the people to worship before Jehovah has been already mentioned in Eze 46:3, but only causally, with reference to the position which they were to take behind the prince in case any individuals should come on the Sabbaths or new moons, on which they were not bound to appear. At the high festivals, on the other hand, every one was to come (Deu 16:16); and for this there follow the necessary directions in Eze 46:9 and Eze 46:10, to prevent crowding and confusion. For the purpose of linking these directions to what comes before, the rule already laid down in Eze 46:2 concerning the entrance and exit of the prince is repeated in Eze 46:8. מועדים is supposed by the commentators to refer to the high festivals of the first and seventh months (Eze 45:21 and Eze 45:25); but מועדים does not apply to the same feasts as those which are called הגּים in Eze 46:11, as we may see from the combination of הגּים and מועדים. הגּים is the term applied to the greater annual feasts, as distinguished from the Sabbaths, new moons, and the day of atonement. The מועדים, on the contrary, are all the times and days sanctified to the Lord, including even the Sabbath (see the comm. on Lev 23:2). It is in this sense that מועדים is used here in Eze 46:9, and not הגּים, because what is laid down concerning the entrance and exit of the people, when visiting the temple, is not merely intended to apply to the high festivals, on which the people were bound to appear before Jehovah, but also to such feast days as the Sabbaths and new moons, whenever individuals from among the people were desirous of their own free-will to worship before the Lord. The latter cases were not to be excluded, although, as Eze 46:10 clearly shows, the great feasts were principally kept in mind. For the entrance and exit of the prince in the midst of the people (Eze 46:10) apply to the great yearly feasts alone. The Chetib yeetsee'uw יצאוּ in Eze 46:9 is to be preferred to the easier Keri יצא, and is not merely the more difficult reading, but the more correct reading also, as two kinds of people are mentioned, - those who entered by the north gate and those who entered by the south. Both are to go out walking straight forward; and neither of them is to turn in the court for the purpose of going out by the gate through which he entered. Even in Eze 46:10 יצאוּ is not to be altered, as Hitzig supposes, but to be taken as referring to the prince and the people. - In Eze 46:11, the instructions given in Eze 45:24; Eze 46:5, Eze 46:7, concerning the quantities composing the meat-offering for the different feasts, are repeated here as rules applicable to all festal times. בּהגּים וּבמועדים has been correctly explained as follows: "at the feasts, and generally at all regular (more correctly, established) seasons," cf. Eze 45:17. Only the daily sacrifices are excepted from this rule, other regulations being laid down for them in Eze 46:14. - Eze 46:12. The freewill-offerings could be presented on any week-day. And the rules laid down in Eze 46:1 and Eze 46:2 for the Sabbath-offerings of the prince are extended to cases of this kind, with one modification, namely, that the east gate, which had been opened for the occasion, should be closed again as soon as the sacrificial ceremony was over, and not left open till the evening, as on the Sabbath and new moon. נדבה is a substantive: the freewill-offering, which could be either a burnt-offering or a peace-offering.

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

On the Opening of the Temple for the People, and for the Voluntary Offerings of the Prince. - Eze 46:8. And when the prince cometh, he shall go in by the way to the porch of the gate, and by its way shall he go out. Eze 46:9. And when the people of the land come before Jehovah on the feast days, he who enters through the north gate to worship shall go out through the south gate; and he who enters through the south gate shall go out through the north gate: they shall not return through the gate through which they entered, but go out straight forward. Eze 46:10. And the prince shall enter in the midst of them, when they enter; and when they go out, they shall go out (together). Eze 46:11. And at the feast days and holy days the meat-offering shall be an ephah for the bullock, an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs what his hand may give, and of oil a hin for the ephah. Eze 46:12. And when the prince prepares a voluntary burnt-offering or voluntary peace-offerings to Jehovah, they shall open the gate that looks to the east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offerings and his peace-offering as he does on the Sabbath day; and when he has gone out they shall shut the gate after his going out. - The coming of the people to worship before Jehovah has been already mentioned in Eze 46:3, but only causally, with reference to the position which they were to take behind the prince in case any individuals should come on the Sabbaths or new moons, on which they were not bound to appear. At the high festivals, on the other hand, every one was to come (Deu 16:16); and for this there follow the necessary directions in Eze 46:9 and Eze 46:10, to prevent crowding and confusion. For the purpose of linking these directions to what comes before, the rule already laid down in Eze 46:2 concerning the entrance and exit of the prince is repeated in Eze 46:8. מועדים is supposed by the commentators to refer to the high festivals of the first and seventh months (Eze 45:21 and Eze 45:25); but מועדים does not apply to the same feasts as those which are called הגּים in Eze 46:11, as we may see from the combination of הגּים and מועדים. הגּים is the term applied to the greater annual feasts, as distinguished from the Sabbaths, new moons, and the day of atonement. The מועדים, on the contrary, are all the times and days sanctified to the Lord, including even the Sabbath (see the comm. on Lev 23:2). It is in this sense that מועדים is used here in Eze 46:9, and not הגּים, because what is laid down concerning the entrance and exit of the people, when visiting the temple, is not merely intended to apply to the high festivals, on which the people were bound to appear before Jehovah, but also to such feast days as the Sabbaths and new moons, whenever individuals from among the people were desirous of their own free-will to worship before the Lord. The latter cases were not to be excluded, although, as Eze 46:10 clearly shows, the great feasts were principally kept in mind. For the entrance and exit of the prince in the midst of the people (Eze 46:10) apply to the great yearly feasts alone. The Chetib yeetsee'uw יצאוּ in Eze 46:9 is to be preferred to the easier Keri יצא, and is not merely the more difficult reading, but the more correct reading also, as two kinds of people are mentioned, - those who entered by the north gate and those who entered by the south. Both are to go out walking straight forward; and neither of them is to turn in the court for the purpose of going out by the gate through which he entered. Even in Eze 46:10 יצאוּ is not to be altered, as Hitzig supposes, but to be taken as referring to the prince and the people. - In Eze 46:11, the instructions given in Eze 45:24; Eze 46:5, Eze 46:7, concerning the quantities composing the meat-offering for the different feasts, are repeated here as rules applicable to all festal times. בּהגּים וּבמועדים has been correctly explained as follows: "at the feasts, and generally at all regular (more correctly, established) seasons," cf. Eze 45:17. Only the daily sacrifices are excepted from this rule, other regulations being laid down for them in Eze 46:14. - Eze 46:12. The freewill-offerings could be presented on any week-day. And the rules laid down in Eze 46:1 and Eze 46:2 for the Sabbath-offerings of the prince are extended to cases of this kind, with one modification, namely, that the east gate, which had been opened for the occasion, should be closed again as soon as the sacrificial ceremony was over, and not left open till the evening, as on the Sabbath and new moon. נדבה is a substantive: the freewill-offering, which could be either a burnt-offering or a peace-offering.

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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].

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].

¹² Now when the prince [05387] shall prepare [06213] a voluntary [05071] burnt offering [05930] or peace offerings [08002] voluntarily [05071] unto the LORD [03068], one shall then open [06605] him the gate [08179] that looketh [06437] toward the east [06921], and he shall prepare [06213] his burnt offering [05930] and his peace offerings [08002], as he did [06213] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117]: then he shall go forth [03318]; and after [0310] his going forth [03318] one shall shut [05462] the gate [08179].

¹⁴ And thou shalt prepare [06213] a meat offering [04503] for it every morning [01242], the sixth part [08345] of an ephah [0374], and the third part [07992] of an hin [01969] of oil [08081], to temper with [07450] the fine flour [05560]; a meat offering [04503] continually [08548] by a perpetual [05769] ordinance [02708] unto the LORD [03068].

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].

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].

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].

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].

¹¹ And in the feasts [02282] and in the solemnities [04150] the meat offering [04503] shall be an ephah [0374] to a bullock [06499], and an ephah [0374] to a ram [0352], and to the lambs [03532] as he is able [03027] to give [04991], and an hin [01969] of oil [08081] to an ephah [0374].

¹⁰ And the prince [05387] in the midst [08432] of them, when they go in [0935], shall go in [0935]; and when they go forth [03318], shall go forth [03318].

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.

¹⁰ And the prince [05387] in the midst [08432] of them, when they go in [0935], shall go in [0935]; and when they go forth [03318], shall go forth [03318].

² Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, Concerning the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], which ye shall proclaim [07121] to be holy [06944] convocations [04744], even these are my feasts [04150].

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].

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].

⁸ And when the prince [05387] shall enter [0935], he shall go [0935] in by the way [01870] of the porch [0197] of that gate [08179], and he shall go forth [03318] by the way [01870] thereof.

¹⁰ And the prince [05387] in the midst [08432] of them, when they go in [0935], shall go in [0935]; and when they go forth [03318], shall go forth [03318].

¹⁶ Three [07969] times [06471] in a year [08141] shall all thy males [02138] appear [07200] before [06440] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] in the place [04725] which he shall choose [0977]; in the feast [02282] of unleavened bread [04682], and in the feast [02282] of weeks [07620], and in the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521]: and they shall not appear [07200] before [06440] the LORD [03068] empty [07387]:

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].

¹⁰ And the prince [05387] in the midst [08432] of them, when they go in [0935], shall go in [0935]; and when they go forth [03318], shall go forth [03318].

⁸ And when the prince [05387] shall enter [0935], he shall go [0935] in by the way [01870] of the porch [0197] of that gate [08179], and he shall go forth [03318] by the way [01870] thereof.