Ezekiel 46

Revised Geneva Translation

46 Thus says the Lord GOD: “The gate of the inner court that turns toward the East shall be shut for the six working days. But on the Sabbath, it shall be opened. And on the day of the new moon, it shall be opened.

² “And the prince shall enter by way of the porch of that outside gate and shall stand by the post of the gate. And the priest shall make his Burnt Offering and his Peace Offerings; and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Afterward, he shall go forth. But the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

³ “Likewise, the people of the land shall worship at the entry of this gate, before the LORD, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons.

⁴ “And the Burnt Offering that the prince shall offer to the LORD on the Sabbath Day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish.

⁵ “And the Meat Offering shall be an ephah for a ram. And the Meat Offering for the lambs shall be a gift of his hand, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

⁶ “And on 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.

⁷ “And he shall prepare a Meat Offering: an ephah for a bullock and an ephah for a ram. And he shall bring according as his hand for the lambs, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

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

⁹ “But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn Feasts, he who enters in by way of the North gate to worship shall go out by way of the South gate. And he who enters by way of the South gate shall go forth by way of the North gate. He shall not return by way of the gate by which he came in; but they shall go forth opposite it.

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

¹¹ “And on the Feasts, and at the appointed times, the Meat Offering shall be an ephah to a bullock and an ephah to a ram, and the gift of his hand to the lambs and a hin of oil to an ephah.

¹² “Now when the prince shall make a free Burnt Offering, or Peace Offerings freely to the LORD, one shall then open the gate that turns toward the East for him, and he shall make his Burnt Offering and his Peace Offerings, as he did on the Sabbath Day. Afterward, he shall go forth; and when he has gone forth, one shall shut the gate.

¹³ “You shall make a daily Burnt Offering to the LORD of a lamb of one year, without blemish. You shall do so every morning.

¹⁴ “And you shall prepare a Meat Offering for it every morning, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil, to mingle with the fine flour. Meat Offering shall be given continually to the LORD, by a perpetual Ordinance.

¹⁵ “Thus shall they prepare the lamb and the Meat Offering and the oil every morning, for a continual Burnt Offering.”

¹⁶ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “If the prince gives a gift of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall be his son’s. It shall be their possession by inheritance.

¹⁷ “But, if he gives a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his until the Year of Liberty. After that, it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall remain his sons’, for them.

¹⁸ “Moreover, the prince shall not take from the people’s inheritance or thrust them out from their possession. He shall cause his sons to inherit his own possessions, so that My people are not scattered, every man from his possessions.”’”

¹⁹ Afterward, he brought me through the entry which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which stood toward the North. And behold, there was a place on the west side of them.

²⁰ Then he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the Trespass Offering and the Sin Offering, and where they shall bake the Meat Offering, so that they should not carry them into the outer court, to sanctify the people.”

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

²² In the four corners of the court there were enclosed courts of forty cubits long and thirty wide. These four corners were of the same size.

²³ And a wall went around them, around those four; and kitchens were made under the walls, all around.

²⁴ Then said he to me, “This is the kitchen where the ministers of the House shall boil the sacrifice of the people.”