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But when the people come in through the north gateway to worship the Lord during the religious festivals, they must leave by the south gateway. And those who entered through the south gateway must leave by the north gateway. They must never leave by the same gateway they came in, but must always use the opposite gateway. 10 The prince will enter and leave with the people on these occasions.

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And when the people of the land come before[a] Yahweh at the festivals, the one coming by way of the gate of the north to bow down[b] must go out by the way of the gate of the south, and the one coming by way of the gate of the south must go out by the way of the gate of the north, so he must not return by the way of the gate by which he came,[c] but before it he[d] shall go out opposite it. 10 And the prince will be in the midst of them; he will come in when they come in, and when they go out he will go out.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 46:9 Literally “to the face of”
  2. Ezekiel 46:9 Or “to worship”
  3. Ezekiel 46:9 Hebrew “came by it”
  4. Ezekiel 46:9 According to the reading tradition (Qere)