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Ezekiel 46
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46 ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: The gate of the temple's inside yard that opens to the east must stay shut for the six days that you work. You must only open it on each Sabbath day and on the day of each new moon. 2 On those days, the ruler will go through the entrance room for this gate. It is his way in from the outside yard. He must stand beside the posts of the gate. The priests will then offer the ruler's burnt offering and his friendship offerings. The ruler will bend down low to worship me while he stands at the gate. Then he will go out. But they must not shut the gate until the evening. 3 On Sabbath days and on new moon days, the people must stand in front of the east gate. They will bend down low to worship me, the Lord.

4 Every Sabbath day, the ruler will bring six lambs and a male sheep as a burnt offering to the Lord. These animals must have nothing wrong with them. 5 The ruler will also bring grain offerings. He will offer an ephah of grain with the male sheep. For each of the lambs, he may give as much grain as he chooses. For each ephah of grain, he will offer a hin of olive oil.[a]

6 On the day of the new moon the ruler must offer a young bull, six lambs and a male sheep. These animals must have nothing wrong with them. 7 He will also bring grain offerings. He will offer an ephah of grain with the bull and an ephah with the sheep. For each of the lambs, he may give as much grain as he chooses. For each ephah of grain, he will offer a hin of olive oil. 8 When the ruler goes in, he must go through the gate's entrance room. And he must go out the same way.

9 The people will come to the temple to worship the Lord at the times of the festivals. If they come in through the north gate they must go out through the south gate. And if they come in through the south gate they must go out through the north gate. Nobody may go out of the gate through which he came in. He must go out by the opposite gate. 10 When the people go in, the ruler will go in with them. When the people go out, the ruler will also go out. 11 At the times of festivals and on other special days, the grain offering with each bull and each sheep will be an ephah. For each of the lambs, a person may give as much grain as they choose. They will give a hin of olive oil with each ephah of grain.

12 The ruler may choose to make a special gift to the Lord. It may be a burnt offering or a friendship offering. They must open the east gate of the inside yard for the ruler. He will make his offering at the gate, as he does on Sabbath days. Then he must go out. After he has left, they will shut the gate.

13 Every day, you must provide a lamb that is one year old and that has nothing wrong with it. Offer it to the Lord as a burnt offering. You must do that every morning, day after day. 14 With the lamb, you must give a grain offering. It will be one sixth of an ephah of grain. Mix a third of a hin of olive oil with the flour. This rule about the grain offering to the Lord will never change. 15 You must offer the lamb, with the grain offering and the olive oil, for a burnt offering every morning.

16 This is what the Almighty Lord says: The ruler may choose to give some of his land as a gift to one of his sons. If he does that, the land will belong to his son and to his descendants. It will always belong to their family. 17 The king may also choose to give some of his land to one of his servants. If he does that, the servant can keep the land until the year of Jubilee.[b] After that, the land will belong to the ruler again. The ruler's land will always belong to the ruler and to his descendants. 18 The king must not take for himself any land that belongs to the people. He must not take them away from their own land. He can only give his own land to his sons. Nobody may take any of my people away from the land that belongs to them.’

19 The man took me through the entrance beside the gate. We came to the holy rooms that belong to the priests. These rooms opened to the north. He showed me a place at the west end of these rooms. 20 He said to me, ‘This is the place where the priests will cook the meat for the sin offerings and for the guilt offerings. They will bake the grain offerings here, too. In this way, they will not have to take these holy things into the outside yard. If they did that, someone might touch them and become holy.’

21 Then the man took me to the outside yard. He took me around the yard to see its four corners. In each corner I saw that there was a small yard 22 These four small yards were 20 metres long and 15 metres wide. They were all the same size. 23 They had stone walls around them. At the bottom of the walls they had made places for fires to burn.

24 The man said to me, ‘The temple servants will use these kitchens to cook meat that the people bring for sacrifices.’

Footnotes

  1. 46:5 An ephah was about 22 litres. A hin was about 3 litres.
  2. 46:17 The year of Jubilee came every 50 years. See Leviticus 25:8-13.
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Ezekiel 46
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The Ruler and the Festivals

46 This is what the Lord God says: “The east gate of the inner courtyard will be closed on the six working days. But it will be opened on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon. 2 The ruler will go into the porch of that gate and stand by the gatepost. Then the priests will offer the ruler’s burnt offering and fellowship offerings. The ruler will worship at the opening of that gate and then go out. But the gate will not be shut until evening. 3 On the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon, the common people will also worship the Lord at that gate.

4 “The ruler will offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the Sabbath. He must provide six lambs that have nothing wrong with them and a ram that has nothing wrong with it. 5 He must give an ephah of grain offering with the ram. As for the grain offering with the lambs, the ruler can give as much as he wants. But he must give 1 hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain.

6 “On the day of the New Moon he must offer a young bull that has nothing wrong with it. He will also offer six lambs and a ram that have nothing wrong with them. 7 The ruler must give an ephah of grain as an offering with the bull and an ephah of grain as an offering with the ram. As for the grain offering with the lambs, he can give as much as he wants. But he must give 1 hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain.

8 “When the ruler goes in, he must enter at the porch of the east gate—and he must leave that same way.

9 “When the common people come to meet with the Lord at the special festivals, whoever enters through the north gate to worship will go out through the south gate, and whoever enters through the south gate will go out through the north gate. People must not return the same way they entered. Each person must go out straight ahead. 10 The ruler should be there among the people. When the people go in, the ruler will go in with them, and when they go out, the ruler will too.

11 “At the festivals and other special meetings, an ephah of grain as an offering must be offered with each young bull, and an ephah of grain as an offering must be offered with each ram. As for the grain offering with the lambs, the ruler can give as much as he wants. But he must give 1 hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain.

12 “When the ruler gives a freewill offering to the Lord—it might be a burnt offering, a fellowship offering, or a freewill offering—the east gate will be opened for him. Then he will offer his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. After he leaves, the gate will be shut.

The Daily Offering

13 “Every day you will provide a year-old lamb that has nothing wrong with it. It will be for a burnt offering to the Lord. You will provide it every morning. 14 Also, you will offer a grain offering with the lamb every morning. You will give 1/6 ephah[a] of flour and 1/3 hin[b] of oil to make the fine flour moist. It will be the daily grain offering to the Lord. 15 So they will give the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning for a burnt offering forever.”

Laws of Inheritance for the Ruler

16 This is what the Lord God says: “If the ruler gives a gift from part of his land to any of his sons, it will belong to his sons. It is their property. 17 But if the ruler gives a gift from part of his land to one of his slaves, the gift will belong to the slave only until the year of freedom.[c] Then the gift will go back to the ruler. Only the ruler’s sons will keep a gift of land from the ruler. 18 And the ruler will not take any of the people’s land or force them to leave their land. He must give some of his own land to his sons. In that way my people will not be forced to lose their land.”

The Special Kitchens

19 The man led me through the entrance at the side of the gate. He led me to the holy rooms for the priests on the north side. There I saw a place at the west end of the path. 20 The man said to me, “This is where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and will bake the grain offering. Why? So they will not need to bring these offerings out into the outer courtyard. So they will not bring those holy things out where the common people are.”

21 Then the man led me out to the outer courtyard. He led me to the four corners of the courtyard. I saw smaller courtyards in each corner of the large courtyard. 22 There was a small, enclosed area in each of the four corners of the courtyard. Each small courtyard was 40 cubits[d] long and 30 cubits[e] wide. The four areas measured the same. 23 There was a brick wall around each of the four small courtyards, and there were places built into the brick walls for cooking. 24 The man said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who serve at the Temple cook the sacrifices for the people.”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 46:14 1/6 ephah 14 cups (3.67 l).
  2. Ezekiel 46:14 1/3 hin A liquid measure (1/3 gallon or 1 l).
  3. Ezekiel 46:17 year of freedom Or “Jubilee.” See “Jubilee” in the Word List.
  4. Ezekiel 46:22 40 cubits 68' 1/4" (20.73 m).
  5. Ezekiel 46:22 30 cubits 51' 3/16" (15.55 m).
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Ezequiel 46
Palabra de Dios para Todos

El gobernante y las fiestas

46 »Así dice el Señor DIOS: La puerta oriental del patio interior permanecerá cerrada durante los seis días laborales, pero se abrirá los días de descanso y los días de Luna Nueva. 2 El gobernante entrará por la puerta del vestíbulo y se parará en la puerta de la entrada. Los sacerdotes se harán cargo de su ofrenda que se quema completamente y ofrendas de paz. El gobernante se postrará rostro en tierra en el umbral de la entrada y luego se retirará. Pero la entrada no se cerrará hasta el atardecer.

3 »Los días de descanso y los días de Luna Nueva, el pueblo adorará ante el SEÑOR en la entrada. 4 Los días de descanso, el gobernante ofrecerá al SEÑOR seis ovejas y un carnero sin defecto. 5 Una ofrenda de 20 kilos[a] de cereal acompañará al carnero, y los corderos irán acompañados de la cantidad de cereal que el gobernante desee ofrendar. 6 Los días de Luna Nueva los sacrificios serán un ternero sin defecto, seis corderos sin defecto y un carnero. 7 Las ofrendas de cereal que los acompañan serán de 20 litros para el ternero, otra para el carnero, y lo que desee para los corderos. Por cada 20 kilos de cereal deberá ofrecer unos 4 litros de aceite.

8 »El gobernante entrará por el vestíbulo de la entrada y saldrá de la misma manera. 9 Cuando el pueblo vaya a presentarse ante el SEÑOR durante las asambleas sagradas, los que entren al patio exterior por la puerta norte deberán salir por la puerta sur, y los que entren por la puerta sur deberán salir por la puerta norte. No deberán salir por la puerta por la que entraron, sino que saldrán por la puerta opuesta. 10 El gobernante entrará con el pueblo y también saldrá con él. 11 En los festivales y asambleas sagradas, la ofrenda de cereal que acompañará a los sacrificios de animales será de 20 kilos de cereal por ternero, igual cantidad por carnero, y lo que se desee ofrendar por los corderos, así como unos 4 litros de aceite por cada 20 kilos de cereal.

12 »Si el gobernante desea presentar una ofrenda voluntaria al SEÑOR, una ofrenda que debe quemarse completamente o una ofrenda para festejar, ábrele la puerta oriental para que la presente y ciérrala cuando salga.

La ofrenda diaria

13 »Cada mañana, ofrece al SEÑOR un cordero de un año sin defecto. 14 Presentarás una ofrenda de cereal que lo acompañe, la cual consistirá de 7 kilos de harina y 1 litro de aceite para humedecer la harina. Esta es una ofrenda de cereal para el SEÑOR, según las normas sobre las ofrendas diarias regulares. 15 Los sacerdotes deberán ofrecer la ofrenda de carnero, cereal y aceite cada mañana como la ofrenda diaria regular.

Leyes sobre la herencia del gobernante

16 »Así dice el Señor DIOS: Si el gobernante da a sus hijos parte de su tierra como herencia, entonces esa tierra será propiedad del hijo y sus descendientes, pues es su herencia. 17 Pero si el gobernante da parte de su tierra a sus siervos, entonces esta le pertenecerá al siervo sólo hasta el año del Jubileo, después del cual volverá a ser propiedad del gobernante. La tierra que les dé a sus hijos pertenecerá a los hijos como herencia. 18 El gobernante no se apoderará de la tierra del pueblo desalojándolos de su propiedad. Deberá usar su propia tierra como herencia para sus hijos de manera que nadie de mi pueblo sea desalojado de su tierra».

Las cocinas del templo

19 Luego el hombre me condujo por la entrada que había al lado de la puerta, a la serie de cuartos que daban al norte, de uso exclusivo de los sacerdotes. Entonces noté un lugar en el fondo, hacia el occidente. 20 El ángel me dijo: «Allí es donde los sacerdotes hervirán la carne de los sacrificios de restitución o por el pecado y donde cocinarán las ofrendas de cereal sin tener que salir al patio exterior donde los objetos sagrados podrían entrar en contacto con el pueblo».

21 Luego me condujo al patio exterior. Me llevó por cada esquina del patio exterior, donde en cada uno había un espacio cerrado. 22 En cada esquina había un espacio cerrado de 20 metros de largo por 15 metros de ancho. 23 Alrededor de los cuatro patios había un muro, y en todo el derredor del muro había unos fogones. 24 El ángel me dijo: «Estas son las cocinas donde los levitas que sirven en el templo cocinan los sacrificios del pueblo».

Footnotes

  1. 46:5 20 kilos Textualmente un efa. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
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Ezekiel 46
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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

  1. Ezekiel 46:5 That is, probably about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms; also in verses 7 and 11
  2. Ezekiel 46:5 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters; also in verses 7 and 11
  3. Ezekiel 46:14 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
  4. Ezekiel 46:14 That is, about 1 1/2 quarts or about 1.3 liters
  5. Ezekiel 46:20 Or purification offering
  6. Ezekiel 46:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  7. Ezekiel 46:22 That is, about 70 feet long and 53 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 16 meters wide
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