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Ezekiel 46:3 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before the LORD on the Sabbaths and on the new moons. "
Ezekiel 46:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
1 “‘The Lord GOD says: “The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
2 The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
3 The people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before the LORD on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.
4 The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to the LORD shall be on the Sabbath day, six lambs without defect and a ram without defect;
5 and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
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Ezekiel 46:1
"“‘The Lord GOD says: “The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened."
Ezekiel 46:2
"The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until the evening."
Ezekiel 46:4
"The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to the LORD shall be on the Sabbath day, six lambs without defect and a ram without defect;"
Ezekiel 46:5
"and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah."
Ezekiel 46:6
"On the day of the new moon it shall be a young bull without defect, six lambs, and a ram. They shall be without defect."
Ezekiel 46:7
"He shall prepare a meal offering: an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah."
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