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46 ‘“De Oppermachtige Here zegt dat de oostelijke poort in de binnenste muur tijdens de zes werkdagen gesloten moet blijven, maar op de sabbat en de dagen van de viering van de nieuwe maan moet worden geopend. De koning zal het voorportaal in de buitenste muur binnengaan en doorlopen naar de binnenste muur aan de overkant van de voorhof, terwijl de priesters zijn brandoffer en vredeoffer offeren. Hij zal in de gang tot de Here bidden en daarna teruggaan naar de ingang, die tot de avond geopend zal blijven. De mensen zullen de Here op de sabbatten en de vieringen van de nieuwe maan voor deze gang aanbidden. Het brandoffer dat de koning op de sabbat aan de Here offert, zal bestaan uit zes mannelijke lammeren en een ram, alle zonder gebreken. Hij zal tevens een spijsoffer aanbieden van tweeëntwintig liter meel dat bij de ram wordt gevoegd en een door hem zelf te bepalen hoeveelheid meel bij elk lam. Verder zal hij bij elke tweeëntwintig liter meel 3,6 liter olijfolie voegen. Bij de viering van de nieuwe maan zal hij een jonge stier, zes lammeren en een ram offeren, alle in goede conditie. Bij de jonge stier moet hij ook tweeëntwintig liter meel offeren als spijsoffer. Hetzelfde moet hij bij de ram doen. Hoeveel meel hij bij de lammeren wil offeren, mag hij zelf bepalen. Bij elke tweeëntwintig liter moet hij 3,6 liter olijfolie voegen. De koning zal binnengaan door het voorportaal van de gang en op dezelfde manier weer teruggaan. Maar als de mensen tijdens deze feestdagen door de noordelijke poort binnenkomen om hun offers te brengen, moeten zij door de zuidelijke poort weer vertrekken. Zij die via het zuiden binnenkomen, moeten door de noordelijke poort vertrekken. Zij moeten altijd de tegenovergestelde weg terug nemen en niet door dezelfde poort weggaan. 10 De koning zal bij deze gelegenheden op dezelfde manier binnenkomen en vertrekken als de gewone mensen. 11 Samenvattend betekent dat het volgende: tijdens de speciale gelegenheden en de heilige feesten zal het spijsoffer bestaan uit tweeëntwintig liter meel per jonge stier en tweeëntwintig liter meel per ram, per lam zoveel als de koning wil geven en bij elke tweeëntwintig liter meel hoort 3,6 liter olijfolie te worden gevoegd. 12 Elke keer wanneer de koning een extra brandoffer of vredeoffer voor de Here komt brengen, moet de binnenste oostelijke poort voor hem worden geopend en zal hij zijn offers net zo aanbieden als op de sabbatten. Daarna zal hij langs dezelfde weg terugkeren en de poort zal achter hem worden gesloten.

13 Elke morgen moet een eenjarig lam zonder gebreken als brandoffer aan de Here worden geofferd. 14,15 Tevens moet elke morgen een spijsoffer worden gebracht dat bestaat uit 3,6 liter meel en 1,2 liter olijfolie die met elkaar worden vermengd. Dit is een blijvend voorschrift: het lam, het spijsoffer en de olijfolie moeten elke morgen beschikbaar worden gesteld voor het dagelijkse offer.”

16 De Oppermachtige Here zegt: “Als de koning een stuk grond aan een van zijn zonen schenkt, zal het voor altijd aan diens nakomelingen toebehoren. 17 Maar als hij datzelfde doet voor een van zijn dienaren, mag die dienaar het slechts houden tot het jaar waarin hij wordt vrijgelaten. Dan komt het weer in het bezit van de koning. Alleen geschenken aan zijn zonen zijn van blijvende aard. 18 De koning mag zich het eigendom van zijn onderdanen nooit met geweld toe-eigenen. Als hij zijn zonen grond wil geven, moet dat van zijn eigen stuk grond komen, want Ik sta niet toe dat iemand van mijn volk van zijn eigen land wordt weggejaagd.”’

19,20 Hierna leidde hij mij door de deur in de zijmuur van de hoofdingang en via de hal naar de heilige vertrekken die op het noorden uitkijken. In het uiterste westen van deze vertrekken zag ik de plaats waar, zoals mijn gids mij vertelde, de priesters het vlees van de schuldoffers en de zondoffers koken en broden bakken van het meel van de spijsoffers. Zij doen dat hier om niet steeds met de offers de buitenste voorhof te hoeven oversteken en daardoor het risico te lopen de mensen te heiligen. 21,22 Hierna bracht hij mij weer naar de buitenste voorhof en nam mij mee naar elk van de vier hoeken van de voorhof. Ik zag dat in elke hoek twee muren stonden van achttien meter lang en 13,50 meter breed, die een hof in zichzelf vormden. 23 Aan de binnenkant langs de muren was een kleine muur gebouwd met ovens eronder. 24 Hij vertelde dat deze vertrekken de keukens waren, waar de tempeldienaren de offers kookten, die de mensen aanboden.

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. 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) 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) 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. 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) On the day of the New Moon(J) he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect.(K) 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) 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)

“‘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

46 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.

And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the Lord in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

And in 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.

And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

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.

But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

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

11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.

14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the Lord.

15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

16 Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.

20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass 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 courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.

24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.