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Ezechiele 46
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Ezechiele 46
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Regolamenti diversi
46 Dice il Signore Dio: «Il portico dell'atrio interno che guarda a oriente rimarrà chiuso nei sei giorni di lavoro; sarà aperto il sabato e nei giorni del novilunio. 2 Il principe entrerà dal di fuori passando dal vestibolo del portico esterno e si fermerà presso lo stipite del portico, mentre i sacerdoti offriranno il suo olocausto e il suo sacrificio di comunione. Egli si prostrerà sulla soglia del portico, poi uscirà e il portico non sarà chiuso fino al tramonto. 3 Il popolo del paese si prostrerà nei sabati e nei giorni del novilunio all'ingresso del portico, davanti al Signore.
4 L'olocausto che il principe offrirà al Signore nel giorno di sabato sarà di sei agnelli e un montone senza difetti; 5 come oblazione offrirà un'efa per il montone, per gli agnelli quell'offerta che potrà dare; di olio un hin per ogni efa. 6 Nel giorno del novilunio offrirà in olocausto un giovenco senza difetti, sei agnelli e un montone senza difetti; 7 in oblazione, un'efa per il giovenco e un'efa per il montone e per gli agnelli quanto potrà dare; d'olio, un hin per ogni efa. 8 Quando il principe entrerà, dovrà entrare passando per l'atrio del portico e da esso uscirà. 9 Quando verrà il popolo del paese davanti al Signore nelle solennità, coloro che saranno entrati dalla porta di settentrione per adorare, usciranno dal portico di mezzogiorno; quelli che saranno entrati dal portico di mezzogiorno usciranno dal portico di settentrione. Nessuno uscirà dal portico da cui è entrato ma uscirà da quello opposto. 10 Il principe sarà in mezzo a loro; entrerà come entrano loro e uscirà come escono loro. 11 Nelle feste e nelle solennità l'oblazione sarà di un'efa per il giovenco e di un'efa per il montone; per gli agnelli quello che potrà dare; l'olio sarà di un hin per ogni efa.
12 Quando il principe vorrà offrire volontariamente al Signore un olocausto o sacrifici di comunione, gli sarà aperto il portico che guarda ad oriente e offrirà l'olocausto e il sacrificio di comunione come li offre nei giorni di sabato; poi uscirà e il portico verrà chiuso appena sarà uscito.
13 Ogni giorno tu offrirai in olocausto al Signore un agnello di un anno, senza difetti; l'offrirai ogni mattina. 14 Su di esso farai ogni mattina un'oblazione di un sesto di efa; di olio offrirai un terzo di hin per intridere il fior di farina: è un'oblazione al Signore, la legge dell'olocausto quotidiano. 15 Si offrirà dunque l'agnello, l'oblazione e l'olio, ogni mattina: è l'olocausto quotidiano».
16 Dice il Signore Dio: «Se il principe darà in dono ad uno dei suoi figli qualcosa della sua eredità, il dono rimarrà ai suoi figli come eredità. 17 Se invece egli farà sulla sua eredità un dono a uno dei suoi servi, il dono apparterrà al servo fino all'anno dell'affrancamento, poi ritornerà al principe: ma la sua eredità resterà ai suoi figli. 18 Il principe non prenderà niente dell'eredità del popolo, privandolo, con esazioni, del suo possesso; egli lascerà in eredità ai suoi figli parte di quanto possiede, perché nessuno del mio popolo sia scacciato dal suo possesso».
19 Poi egli mi condusse, per il corridoio che sta sul fianco del portico, alle stanze del santuario destinate ai sacerdoti, dalla parte di settentrione: ed ecco alla estremità di occidente un posto riservato. 20 Mi disse: «Questo è il luogo dove i sacerdoti cuoceranno le carni dei sacrifici di riparazione e di espiazione e dove cuoceranno le oblazioni, senza portarle fuori nell'atrio esterno e correre il rischio di comunicare la consacrazione al popolo». 21 Mi condusse nell'atrio esterno e mi fece passare presso i quattro angoli dell'atrio e a ciascun angolo dell'atrio vi era un cortile; 22 quindi ai quattro angoli dell'atrio vi erano quattro piccoli cortili lunghi quaranta cubiti e larghi trenta, tutti d'una stessa misura. 23 Un muro girava intorno a tutt'e quattro e dei fornelli erano costruiti in basso intorno al muro. 24 Egli mi disse: «Queste sono le cucine dove i servi del tempio cuoceranno i sacrifici del popolo».
Ezekiel 46
New International Version
Ezekiel 46
New International Version
46 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court(A) facing east(B) is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon(C) it is to be opened. 2 The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico(D) of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering(E) and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening.(F) 3 On the Sabbaths(G) and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of that gateway.(H) 4 The burnt offering the prince brings to the Lord on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect. 5 The grain offering given with the ram is to be an ephah,[a] and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin[b] of olive oil for each ephah.(I) 6 On the day of the New Moon(J) he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect.(K) 7 He is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.(L) 8 When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico(M) of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.(N)
9 “‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed festivals,(O) whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which they entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate. 10 The prince is to be among them, going in when they go in and going out when they go out.(P) 11 At the feasts and the appointed festivals, the grain offering is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as he pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.(Q)
12 “‘When the prince provides(R) a freewill offering(S) to the Lord—whether a burnt offering or fellowship offerings—the gate facing east is to be opened for him. He shall offer his burnt offering or his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate will be shut.(T)
13 “‘Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the Lord; morning by morning(U) you shall provide it.(V) 14 You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah[c] with a third of a hin[d] of oil(W) to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the Lord is a lasting ordinance.(X) 15 So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be provided morning by morning for a regular(Y) burnt offering.(Z)
16 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: If the prince makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance.(AA) 17 If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom;(AB) then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs. 18 The prince must not take(AC) any of the inheritance(AD) of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that not one of my people will be separated from their property.’”
19 Then the man brought me through the entrance(AE) at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north,(AF) which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end. 20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests are to cook the guilt offering and the sin offering[e] and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating(AG) the people.”(AH)
21 He then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw in each corner another court. 22 In the four corners of the outer court were enclosed[f] courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide;[g] each of the courts in the four corners was the same size. 23 Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with places for fire built all around under the ledge. 24 He said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple are to cook the sacrifices of the people.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 46:5 That is, probably about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms; also in verses 7 and 11
- Ezekiel 46:5 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters; also in verses 7 and 11
- Ezekiel 46:14 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
- Ezekiel 46:14 That is, about 1 1/2 quarts or about 1.3 liters
- Ezekiel 46:20 Or purification offering
- Ezekiel 46:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Ezekiel 46:22 That is, about 70 feet long and 53 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 16 meters wide
Ezekiel 46
English Standard Version
Ezekiel 46
English Standard Version
The Prince and the Feasts
46 “Thus says the Lord God: (A)The gate of (B)the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and (C)on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2 (D)The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by (E)the post of the gate. (F)The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at (G)the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening. 3 (H)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 (I)The burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord (J)on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish. 5 And (K)the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah,[a] and the grain offering with the lambs shall be (L)as much as he is able, together with a hin[b] 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 (M)as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah. 8 (N)When the prince enters, he shall enter by the vestibule of the gate, and he shall go out by the same way.
9 (O)“When the people of the land (P)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, (Q)the prince shall enter with them, and when they go out, he shall go out.
11 “At the feasts and the appointed festivals, (R)the grain offering with a young bull shall be an ephah, and with a ram an ephah, and with the lambs (S)as much as one is able to give, together with a hin of oil to an ephah. 12 When the prince provides (T)a freewill offering, either a burnt offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the Lord, (U)the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall offer his burnt offering or his peace offerings (V)as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out the gate shall be shut.
13 (W)“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 (X)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 (Y)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 (Z)out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to (AA)the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince; surely it is his inheritance—it shall belong to his sons. 18 (AB)The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, (AC)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 (AD)scattered from his property.”
Boiling Places for Offerings
19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was (AE)at the side of the gate, to the north row of (AF)the holy chambers for the priests, and behold, a place was there at the extreme western end of them. 20 And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests (AG)shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where (AH)they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so (AI)transmit holiness to the people.”
21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me around to the four corners of the court. And behold, in each corner of the court there was another court— 22 in the four corners of the court were small[c] courts, forty cubits[d] long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size. 23 On the inside, around each of the four courts was a row of masonry, with hearths made at the bottom of the rows all around. 24 Then he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who (AJ)minister at the temple (AK)shall boil the sacrifices of the people.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 46:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- Ezekiel 46:5 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
- Ezekiel 46:22 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Ezekiel 46:22 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters; a long cubit (see 40:5) was about 21 inches or 53 centimeters
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