18 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In the first month(A) on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect(B) and purify the sanctuary.(C) 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(D) of the altar(E) 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(F) 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,(G) 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.(H) 23 Every day during the seven days of the festival he is to provide seven bulls and seven rams(I) without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord, and a male goat for a sin offering.(J) 24 He is to provide as a grain offering(K) an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin[a] of olive oil for each ephah.(L)

25 “‘During the seven days of the festival,(M) 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.(N)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:24 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters

Keeping the Feasts(A)

18 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish and (B)cleanse the sanctuary. 19 (C)The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the [a]temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the gate of the inner court. 20 And so you shall do on the seventh day of the month (D)for everyone who has sinned unintentionally or in ignorance. Thus you shall make atonement for the temple.

21 (E)“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 And on that day the prince shall prepare for himself and for all the people of the land (F)a bull for a sin offering. 23 On the (G)seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish, daily for seven days, (H)and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. 24 (I)And he shall prepare a grain offering of one ephah for each bull and one ephah for each ram, together with a hin of oil for each ephah.

25 “In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the (J)feast, he shall do likewise for seven days, according to the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:19 Lit. house