17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and drink offerings at the festivals, the New Moons(A) and the Sabbaths(B)—at all the appointed festivals of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings,[a] grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the Israelites.(C)

18 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In the first month(D) on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect(E) and purify the sanctuary.(F) 19 The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge(G) of the altar(H) and on the gateposts of the inner court. 20 You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally(I) or through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.

21 “‘In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover,(J) a festival lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made without yeast. 22 On that day the prince is to provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.(K) 23 Every day during the seven days of the festival he is to provide seven bulls and seven rams(L) without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord, and a male goat for a sin offering.(M) 24 He is to provide as a grain offering(N) an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin[b] of olive oil for each ephah.(O)

25 “‘During the seven days of the festival,(P) which begins in the seventh month on the fifteenth day, he is to make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings and oil.(Q)

46 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court(R) facing east(S) is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon(T) it is to be opened. The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico(U) of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering(V) 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.(W) On the Sabbaths(X) and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of that gateway.(Y) 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,[c] and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin[d] of olive oil for each ephah.(Z) On the day of the New Moon(AA) he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect.(AB)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:17 Or purification offerings; also in verses 19, 22, 23 and 25
  2. Ezekiel 45:24 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters
  3. Ezekiel 46:5 That is, probably about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms; also in verses 7 and 11
  4. Ezekiel 46:5 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters; also in verses 7 and 11

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