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13 This is the contribution offering which you shall present: a sixth of the ephah from a[a] homer of wheat, and a[b] sixth of the ephah from a[c] homer of barley. 14 And the quota of the olive oil, the bath of the olive oil, is the tenth part of a bath from a kor, which is ten baths, or a homer—for ten baths are equal to a homer. 15 And one[d] sheep from the flock from among two hundred from the pastures of Israel will be taken as a grain offering and as a burnt offering and as a fellowship offering to make atonement for them,” declares[e] the Lord Yahweh. 16 “All of the people of the land shall join in[f] to this contribution with[g] the prince in Israel.

17 “But on the prince shall be the responsibility for the burnt offerings, and the grain offering, and the libation at the feasts, and at the New Moon festivals, and at[h] the Sabbaths at all of the assemblies of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, and the grain offering, and the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering to make atonement for the house of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:13 Or “each”; literally “the”
  2. Ezekiel 45:13 Literally “the”
  3. Ezekiel 45:13 Literally “the”
  4. Ezekiel 45:15 Or “a”
  5. Ezekiel 45:15 Literally “declaration of”
  6. Ezekiel 45:16 Or “participate/ take part in”
  7. Ezekiel 45:16 Or possibly “for/to”
  8. Ezekiel 45:17 Or “on”

13 (A)“This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley, 14 and as the fixed portion of oil, measured in baths, one tenth of a bath from each cor[a] (the cor, like the homer, contains (B)ten baths).[b] 15 And one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the watering places of Israel for grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offerings, (C)to make atonement for them, declares the Lord God. 16 All the people of the land shall be obliged to give this offering to the prince in Israel. 17 (D)It shall be the prince's duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:14 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  2. Ezekiel 45:14 See Vulgate; Hebrew (ten baths are a homer, for ten baths are a homer)