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46 Assim diz o Senhor Jeová: A porta do átrio interior, que olha para o oriente, estará fechada durante os seis dias, que são de trabalho; mas, no dia de sábado, ela se abrirá; também no dia da lua nova se abrirá. E o príncipe entrará pelo caminho do vestíbulo da porta, por fora, e permanecerá junto da ombreira da porta; e os sacerdotes prepararão o seu holocausto e os seus sacrifícios pacíficos, e ele se prostrará no umbral da porta e sairá; mas a porta não se fechará até à tarde. E o povo da terra se prostrará à entrada da mesma porta, nos sábados e nas luas novas, diante do Senhor. E o holocausto, que o príncipe oferecer ao Senhor, serão, no dia de sábado, seis cordeiros sem mancha e um carneiro sem mancha. E a oferta de manjares será um efa pelo carneiro; e, pelo cordeiro, a oferta de manjares será o que puder dar; e de azeite um him para cada efa. Mas, no dia da lua nova, será um bezerro sem mancha, e seis cordeiros, e um carneiro; eles serão sem mancha. E preparará por oferta de manjares um efa pelo bezerro e um efa pelo carneiro, mas, pelos cordeiros, conforme o que alcançar a sua mão; e um him de azeite para um efa. E, quando entrar o príncipe, entrará pelo caminho do vestíbulo da porta e sairá pelo mesmo caminho.

Mas, quando vier o povo da terra perante a face do Senhor nas solenidades, aquele que entrar pelo caminho da porta do norte, para adorar, sairá pelo caminho da porta do sul; e aquele que entrar pelo caminho da porta do sul sairá pelo caminho da porta do norte; não tornará pelo caminho da porta por onde entrou, mas sairá pela que está em frente dele. 10 E o príncipe entrará no meio deles, quando eles entrarem; e, saindo eles, sairão todos. 11 E, nas festas e nas solenidades, será a oferta de manjares um efa pelo bezerro e um efa pelo carneiro; mas, pelos cordeiros, o que puder dar; e de azeite, um him para um efa. 12 E, quando o príncipe fizer oferta voluntária de holocaustos ou de sacrifício pacífico como oferta voluntária ao Senhor, então, lhe abrirão a porta que olha para o oriente, e fará ele o seu holocausto e os seus sacrifícios pacíficos, como houver feito no dia de sábado; e sairá, e se fechará a porta depois de ele sair.

13 E prepararás um cordeiro de um ano, sem mancha, em holocausto ao Senhor, cada dia; todas as manhãs o prepararás. 14 E, juntamente com ele, prepararás uma oferta de manjares para o Senhor todas as manhãs, a sexta parte de um efa e, de azeite, a terça parte de um him, para misturar com a flor de farinha; isto é estatuto perpétuo e contínuo. 15 Assim, prepararão o cordeiro, e a oferta de manjares, e o azeite, todas as manhãs, em holocausto contínuo.

16 Assim diz o Senhor Jeová: Quando o príncipe der um presente a algum de seus filhos, é sua herança, pertencerá a seus filhos; será possessão deles por herança. 17 Mas, dando ele um presente da sua herança a algum dos seus servos, será deste até ao ano da liberdade; então, tornará para o príncipe, porque herança dele é; seus filhos, eles a herdarão. 18 E o príncipe não tomará nada da herança do povo, não os esbulhará da sua possessão; da sua própria possessão, deixará herança a seus filhos, para que o meu povo não seja retirado, cada um da sua possessão.

19 Depois disso, me trouxe pela entrada que estava ao lado da porta, às câmaras santas dos sacerdotes, as quais olhavam para o norte; e eis que ali havia um lugar em ambos os lados, para a banda do ocidente. 20 E ele me disse: Este é o lugar onde os sacerdotes cozerão o sacrifício pela culpa e o sacrifício pelo pecado e onde cozerão a oferta de manjares, para que a não tragam ao átrio exterior para santificarem o povo.

21 Então, me levou para fora, para o átrio exterior, e me fez passar às quatro esquinas do átrio; e eis que em cada esquina do átrio havia outro átrio. 22 Nas quatro esquinas do átrio, havia átrios fechados, com chaminés de quarenta côvados de comprimento e de trinta de largura; estas quatro esquinas tinham uma mesma medida. 23 E um muro havia ao redor delas, ao redor das quatro; e havia cozinhas feitas por baixo dos muros ao redor. 24 E me disse: Estas são as casas dos cozinheiros, onde os ministros da casa cozerão o sacrifício do povo.

Rules for Worship

46 “‘This is what the Lord God says: The east gate of the inner courtyard will be shut on the six working days. But it will be opened on the Sabbath day. And it will be open on the day of the New Moon. The ruler will enter through the porch of the gateway. He will enter from outside and stand by the gatepost. Then the priests will offer the ruler’s burnt offering and fellowship offerings. The ruler will worship at the entrance of the gate. Then he will go out. But the gate will not be shut until evening. The people of the land will worship at the entrance of that gateway. They will worship there in the presence of the Lord on the Sabbaths and New Moons. This is the burnt offering the ruler will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day. It will be six male lambs that have nothing wrong with them. And it will be a male sheep that has nothing wrong with it. He must give a half bushel grain offering with the male sheep. But he can give as much grain offering with the lambs as he pleases. He must also give a gallon of olive oil for each half bushel of grain. On the day of the New Moon he must offer a young bull. It must have nothing wrong with it. He must also offer six lambs and a male sheep. They also must have nothing wrong with them. The ruler must give a half bushel grain offering with the bull. And he must give the same with the male sheep. With the lambs, he can give as much grain as he pleases. But he must give a gallon of olive oil for each half bushel of grain. And when the ruler enters, he must go in through the porch of the gateway. He must go out the same way.

“‘The people of the land must come before the Lord at the special feasts. Anyone who enters through the north gate to worship must go out through the south gate. Anyone who enters through the south gate must go out through the north gate. No one will return the same way he entered. Each person will go out straight ahead. 10 When the people go in, the ruler will go in with them. When they go out, the ruler will go out.

11 “‘At the feasts and regular times of worship a half bushel of grain must be offered. It will be offered with a young bull. And a half bushel of grain must be offered with a male sheep. But with an offering of lambs, the ruler may give as much grain as he pleases. He should give a gallon of olive oil for each half bushel of grain. 12 The ruler may give an offering as a special gift to the Lord. It may be a burnt offering or fellowship offering. When he gives it to the Lord, the inner east gate will be opened for him. He must offer his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he will go out. After he has gone out, the gate will be shut.

13 “‘Every morning you will give a year-old lamb that has nothing wrong with it. It will be for a burnt offering to the Lord every day. 14 Also, you must offer a grain offering with the lamb every morning. With it you will give three and a third quarts of grain and one and a third quarts of olive oil. This is to make the fine flour moist. It will be a grain offering to the Lord. This is a rule that must be kept from now on. 15 So they must always give the lamb, the grain offering and the olive oil every morning as a burnt offering.

Rules for the Ruler

16 “‘This is what the Lord God says: The ruler might give a gift from his land to one of his sons. Then that land will belong to that son’s children. It is their property from their family. 17 But the ruler might give a gift from his land to one of his slaves. That land will belong to the slave only until the year of freedom. Then the land will go back to the ruler. Only the ruler’s sons may keep a gift of land from the ruler. 18 The ruler must not take any of the people’s land. He must not force them out of their land. He must give his sons land from his own land. Then my people will not be scattered out of their own land.’”

The Special Kitchens

19 The man led me through the entrance at the side of the gateway. He led me to the priests’ holy rooms that face north. There I saw a place at the west end. 20 The man said to me, “This is where the priests will boil the meat of the penalty offering and sin offering. There the priests will bake the grain offering. Then they will not need to bring these offerings into the outer courtyard. That would hurt the people.”

21 Then the man brought me out to the outer courtyard. He led me to its four corners. In each corner of the courtyard was a smaller courtyard. 22 Small courtyards were in the four corners of the courtyard. Each small courtyard was 70 feet long and 52½ feet wide. All four corners measured the same. 23 A stone wall was around each of the four small courtyards. Places for cooking were built in each of the stone walls. 24 The man said to me, “These are the kitchens. The Temple priests will boil the sacrifices for the people here.”

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