Ezekiel 46:1-18

Ezekiel 46:1-18

[1] Thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  The gate  of the inner  court  that looketh  toward the east  shall be shut  the six  working  days;  but on the sabbath  it shall be opened,  and in the day  of the new moon  it shall be opened.  [2] And the prince  shall enter  by the way  of the porch  of that gate  without,  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 forth;  but the gate  shall not be shut  until the evening.  [3] Likewise the people  of the land  shall worship  at the door  of this gate  before  the LORD  in the sabbaths  and in the new moons.  [4] And the burnt offering  that the prince  shall offer  unto the LORD  in the sabbath  day  shall be six  lambs  without blemish,  and a ram  without blemish.  [5] And the meat offering  shall be an ephah  for a ram,  and the meat offering  for the lambs  as he shall be able  to give,  and an hin  of oil  to an ephah.  [6] And in the day  of the new moon  it shall be a young  bullock  without blemish,  and six  lambs,  and a ram:  they shall be without blemish.  [7] And he shall prepare  a meat offering,  an ephah  for a bullock,  and an ephah  for a ram,  and for the lambs  according as his hand  shall attain  unto, and an hin  of oil  to an ephah.  [8] And when the prince  shall enter,  in by the way  of the porch  of that gate,  and he shall go forth  by the way  [9] But when the people  of the land  shall come  before  the LORD  in the solemn feasts,  he that entereth  in by the way  of the north  gate  to worship  shall go out  by the way  of the south  gate;  and he that entereth  by the way  of the south  gate  shall go forth  by the way  of the north  gate:  he shall not return  by the way  of the gate  whereby he came in,  but shall go forth  over against  it. [10] And the prince  in the midst  of them, when they go in,  and when they go forth,  [11] And in the feasts  and in the solemnities  the meat offering  shall be an ephah  to a bullock,  and an ephah  to a ram,  and to the lambs  as he is able  to give,  and an hin  of oil  to an ephah.  [12] Now when the prince  shall prepare  a voluntary  burnt offering  or peace offerings  voluntarily  unto the LORD,  one shall then open  him the gate  that looketh  toward the east,  and he shall prepare  his burnt offering  and his peace offerings,  as he did  on the sabbath  day:  then he shall go forth;  and after  his going forth  one shall shut  the gate.  [13] Thou shalt daily  prepare  a burnt offering  unto the LORD  of a lamb  of the first  year  without blemish:  thou shalt prepare  it every  [14] And thou shalt prepare  a meat offering  for it every morning,  the sixth part  of an ephah,  and the third part  of an hin  of oil,  to temper with  the fine flour;  a meat offering  continually  by a perpetual  ordinance  unto the LORD.  [15] Thus shall they prepare  the lamb,  and the meat offering,  and the oil,  every morning  for a continual  burnt offering.  [16] Thus saith  the Lord  If the prince  give  a gift  unto any  of his sons,  the inheritance  thereof shall be his sons';  it shall be their possession  by inheritance.  [17] But if he give  a gift  of his inheritance  to one  of his servants,  then it shall be his to the year  of liberty;  after it shall return  to the prince:  but his inheritance  shall be his sons'  for them. [18] Moreover the prince  shall not take  of the people's  inheritance  by oppression,  them out of their possession;  but he shall give his sons  inheritance  out of his own possession:  that my people  be not scattered  every man  from his possession.