Ezekiel 46
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Sacrifices at Appointed Times
46 ‘This is what the Lord God says: The gate of the inner court that faces east is to be closed during the six days of work, but it will be opened on the Sabbath day(A) and opened on the day of the New Moon. 2 The prince should enter from the outside by way of the gate’s portico and stand at the gate’s doorpost while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He will bow in worship at the gate’s threshold and then depart, but the gate is not to be closed until evening. 3 The people of the land will also bow in worship before the Lord at the entrance of that gate on the Sabbaths and New Moons.
4 ‘The burnt offering that the prince presents to the Lord(B) on the Sabbath day is to be six unblemished lambs(C) and an unblemished ram. 5 The grain offering will be twenty-two litres[a] with the ram,(D) and the grain offering with the lambs will be whatever he wants to give, as well as four litres[b] of oil for every twenty-two litres of grain. 6 On the day of the New Moon, the burnt offering is to be a young, unblemished bull, as well as six lambs and a ram without blemish. 7 He will provide a grain offering of twenty-two litres with the bull, twenty-two litres with the ram, and whatever he can afford with the lambs, together with four litres of oil for every twenty-two litres of grain. 8 When the prince enters,(E) he is to go in by way of the gate’s portico and go out the same way.
9 ‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed times,[c](F) whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship is to go out by way of the south gate, and whoever enters by way of the south gate is to go out by way of the north gate. No one may return through the gate by which he entered, but is to go out by the opposite gate. 10 When the people enter, the prince will enter with them, and when they leave, he will leave. 11 At the festivals and appointed times, the grain offering will be twenty-two litres with the bull, twenty-two litres with the ram, and whatever he wants to give with the lambs, along with four litres of oil for every twenty-two litres of grain.
12 ‘When the prince makes a freewill offering, whether a burnt offering or a fellowship offering as a freewill offering to the Lord,(G) the gate that faces east is to be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or fellowship offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he will go out, and the gate is to be closed after he leaves.
13 ‘You are to offer an unblemished year-old male lamb as a daily burnt offering to the Lord; you will offer it every morning.(H) 14 You are also to prepare a grain offering every morning along with it: three litres,[d] with one litre[e] of oil to moisten the fine flour – a grain offering to the Lord. This is a permanent statute to be observed regularly. 15 They will offer the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a regular burnt offering.
Transfer of Royal Lands
16 ‘This is what the Lord God says: If the prince gives a gift to each of his sons as their inheritance, it will belong to his sons. It will become their property by inheritance. 17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom,(I) when it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it is theirs. 18 The prince must not take any of the people’s inheritance, evicting them from their property.(J) He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of my people will be displaced from his own property.’
The Temple Kitchens
19 Then he brought me through the entrance(K) that was at the side of the gate, into the priests’ holy chambers, which faced north. I saw a place there at the far western end. 20 He said to me, ‘This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering,(L) and where they will bake the grain offering,(M) so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.’ 21 Next he brought me into the outer court and led me past its four corners. There was a separate court in each of its corners. 22 In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed[f] courts, 21.2 metres[g] long by 15.9 metres[h] wide. All four corner areas had the same dimensions. 23 There was a stone wall[i] round the inside of them, round the four of them, with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides. 24 He said to me, ‘These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the people’s sacrifices.’
Yechezkel 46
Orthodox Jewish Bible
46 Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: The Sha’ar HeKhatzer HaPenimit that looketh toward the east shall be shut during the sheshet yemei hama’aseh (the six days of labor); but on Shabbos it shall be opened, and in the yom of the Rosh Chodesh it shall be opened.
2 And the Nasi shall enter by the derech ulam haSha’ar from without, and shall stand by the mezuzat HaSha’ar, and the Kohanim shall prepare his Olah (burnt offering) and his Shelamim, and he shall worship at the threshold of the Sha’ar; then he shall go out; but the Sha’ar shall not be shut until the erev.
3 Likewise the Am HaAretz shall worship at the Petach HaSha’ar before Hashem in the Shabbatot and in Rosh Chodesh.
4 And the Olah that the Nasi shall offer unto Hashem in the Yom HaShabbos shall be six kevasim temimim, and a ram without blemish.
5 And the minchah shall be an ephah for a ram, and the minchah for the kevasim whatever his hand gives, and a hin of shemen to an ephah.
6 And in the yom of the Rosh Chodesh it shall be a young bull temimim, and six kevasim, and a ram; they shall be without blemish.
7 And he shall prepare a minchah, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the kevasim as much as he wishes, and a hin of shemen to an ephah.
8 And when the Nasi shall enter, he shall go in by the derech ulam HaSha’ar and he shall go out by the derech thereof.
9 But when the Am HaAretz shall come before Hashem in the Mo’adim, he that entereth in by the derech Sha’ar Tzafon to worship shall exit by the derech Sha’ar Negev; and he that entereth by the derech Sha’ar Negev shall go out by derech Sha’ar Tzafonah; he shall not return by the derech HaSha’ar whereby he came in, but shall go out opposite it.
10 And the Nasi in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go out, shall go out.
11 And in the Chagim and in the Mo’adim the minchah shall be an ephah to a bull, and an ephah to a ram, and to the kevasim as much as one wishes to give, and a hin of shemen to an ephah.
12 Now when the Nasi shall prepare a nedavah olah or shelamim nedavah unto Hashem, one shall then open for him the Sha’ar that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his Olah and his Shelamim, as he did on the Yom HaShabbos; then he shall go out; and after his going out one shall shut the Sha’ar.
13 Thou shalt daily prepare an Olah unto Hashem of a keves of the first year tamim (without blemish); thou shalt prepare it baboker baboker.
14 And thou shalt prepare a Minchah for it baboker baboker, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of shemen, to moisten with the fine flour; a minchah chukkot olam tamid unto Hashem.
15 Thus shall they prepare the keves, and the minchah, and the shemen, baboker baboker for an olat tamid.
16 Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: If the Nasi give a mattanah (gift) unto any of his banim, the nachalah thereof shall belong to his banim; it shall be their achuzzah by nachalah.
17 But if he give a mattanah of his nachalah to one of his avadim, then it shall be his to the Shenat HaDeror [Jubilee Year]; then it shall return to the Nasi; but his nachalah shall belong only to his banim [see Isa 53:10].
18 Moreover the Nasi shall not take of the nachalah HaAm by oppression, to thrust them out of their achuzzah; but he shall give his banim nachalah out of his own achuzzah; that My people be not scattered each man from his achuzzah.
19 After he [the angelic being] brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the Sha’ar, into the lishkhot hakodesh of the Kohanim, which looked toward the tzafonah; and, hinei, there was a place at its western sides.
20 Then said he [the angelic being] unto me, This is the place where the Kohanim shall cook the asham (trespass offering) and the chattat, where they shall bake the minchah; that they bear them not out into the Khatzer HaKhitzonah and so set apart as kodesh HaAm.
21 Then he [the angelic being] brought me forth into the Khatzer HaKhitzonah, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the Khatzer; and, hinei, in the Khatzer I saw in every corner of the Khatzer there was a Khatzer.
22 In the four corners of the Khatzer there were enclosed Khatzerot forty cubits long and thirty wide; these four corners were of one measure.
23 And there was a row of masonry saviv (around) inside them, round about these four, and it was made with hearths at the bottom of the rows round about.
24 Then said he [the angelic being] unto me, These are the Bais HaMevashelim, where the Mesharetim of the Bais shall cook the zevach HaAm.
Ezekiel 46
New King James Version
The Manner of Worship
46 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six (A)working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened. 2 (B)The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening. 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the Lord on the Sabbaths and the New Moons. 4 The burnt offering that (C)the prince offers to the Lord on the (D)Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish; 5 (E)and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, [a]as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah. 6 On the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish. 7 He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, [b]as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah. 8 (F)When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.
9 “But when the people of the land (G)come before the Lord on the appointed feast days, whoever enters by way of the north (H)gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate; and whoever enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate. 10 The prince shall then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out. 11 At the festivals and the appointed feast days (I)the grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.
12 “Now when the prince makes a voluntary burnt offering or voluntary peace offering to the Lord, the gate that faces toward the east (J)shall then be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he goes out the gate shall be shut.
13 (K)“You shall daily make a burnt offering to the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it [c]every morning. 14 And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the Lord. 15 Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a (L)regular burnt offering every morning.”
The Prince and Inheritance Laws
16 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. 17 But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until (M)the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs. 18 Moreover (N)the prince shall not take any of the people’s inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property.” ’ ”
How the Offerings Were Prepared
19 Now he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy (O)chambers of the priests which face toward the north; and there a place was situated at their extreme western end. 20 And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall (P)boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall (Q)bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer court (R)to sanctify the people.”
21 Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in fact, in every corner of the court there was another court. 22 In the four corners of the court were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide; all four corners were the same size. 23 There was a row of building stones all around in them, all around the four of them; and [d]cooking hearths were made under the rows of stones all around. 24 And he said to me, “These are the [e]kitchens where the ministers of the [f]temple shall (S)boil the sacrifices of the people.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 46:5 Lit. the gift of his hand
- Ezekiel 46:7 Lit. as much as his hand can reach
- Ezekiel 46:13 Lit. morning by morning
- Ezekiel 46:23 Lit. boiling places
- Ezekiel 46:24 Lit. house of those who boil
- Ezekiel 46:24 Lit. house
以西结书 46
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
君王獻祭的條例
46 主耶和華這樣說：“內院朝東的門，在工作的六天裡，必須關閉，在安息日卻要打開，在月朔之日也要打開。 2 君王要從外面經這門的門廊進入，站在門框旁邊。祭司們要為他預備燔祭和平安祭。他要在門檻那裡敬拜，然後出去。這門不可關閉，直到晚上。 3 每逢安息日和月朔，國中的人民要在這門口，在耶和華面前敬拜。 4 君王在安息日所獻給耶和華的燔祭，是六隻無殘疾的羊羔和一隻無殘疾的公綿羊。 5 所獻的素祭是這樣：公綿羊要與十七公升細麵一同獻上，他要按著自己的能力，隨同那些羊羔獻上若干份細麵，但每份細麵加油三公升。 6 他要在月朔獻一頭無殘疾的公牛犢、六隻羊羔和一隻公綿羊，都是無殘疾的。 7 他要預備素祭，公牛要與十七公升細麵一同獻上，公綿羊要與十七公升細麵一同獻上，他要按著自己的能力，隨同那些羊羔獻上若干份細麵，但每份細麵加油三公升。 8 君王進入的時候，要經這門的門廊進入，也要從原路出去。
人民獻祭的條例
9 “在各指定的節日中，國中的人民來朝見耶和華的時候，那從北門進來敬拜的，要從南門出去；那從南門進來的，要從北門出去；誰也不可從他進來的門回去，卻要從對面的門出去。 10 君王要在人民當中，人民進入的時候，他也進入；人民出去的時候，他也出去。 11 在節期和指定的節日中，所獻的素祭是這樣：每一頭公牛要與十七公升細麵一同獻上，每一隻公綿羊要與十七公升細麵一同獻上，每一隻羊羔要按著他的能力，與細麵一同獻上，每份十七公升的細麵加油三公升。 12 君王把甘心獻的燔祭或平安祭獻給耶和華的時候，朝東的門要為他打開。他就獻上他的燔祭和平安祭，正如他在安息日所獻上的一樣。他獻完了就出去；他出去以後，門就要關上。
13 “每天你要預備一隻一歲無殘疾的羊羔，獻給耶和華作燔祭，每天早晨都要獻上。 14 每天早晨也要預備同獻的素祭，細麵兩公斤，並調和細麵所用的油一公升，作常獻給耶和華的素祭，這是永遠的定例。 15 所以每天早晨要這樣預備羊羔、素祭和油，作常獻的燔祭。”
王子承受產業的條例
16 主耶和華這樣說：“君王如果把自己一部分的產業作禮物賜給他的一個兒子，這產業就要歸給他的子孫；那是他們所承受的基業。 17 君王如把自己的一部分產業作禮物賜給他的一個臣僕，這產業就要歸給那臣僕直到自由之年，然後要歸還給君王。君王的產業，至終只可歸兒子所有。 18 君王不可奪取人民的產業，把他們趕離他們的基業。他要從自己的基業中把產業賜給自己的兒子，免得我的子民因被趕離自己的基業而四散。”
祭司煮祭肉的地方
19 那帶領我的，領我從門旁的入口，進到那些朝向北面，供祭司使用，聖潔的房子。在西邊的盡頭有一塊地方。 20 他對我說：“這就是祭司煮贖愆祭牲和贖罪祭牲，以及烤素祭的地方，免得祭物帶出外院，使人民成聖。” 21 他又領我出到外院，使我經過院子的四個角落；院子的每個角落都有一個小院子。 22 院子四個角落的小（“小”字原文不詳）院子，每個長二十公尺，寬十五公尺；四個角落的院子，大小都是一樣。 23 在四個小院子裡面，每個四邊都有一排石牆；在這四排石牆下面，都有爐灶。 24 他對我說：“這些都是廚房，在聖殿裡供職的要在這裡煮人民的祭物。”
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