Ezekiel 46:1

Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, the gate of the inner court which looketh toward the east shall be shut, the six days of work,—but on the sabbath-day, shall it be opened, and on the day of the new moon, shall it be opened.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2The prince therefore shall enter by way of the porch of the gate without and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall offer his ascending-sacrifice and his peace offerings, and he shall bow down upon the threshold of the gate and then go forth, but the gate shall not be shut until the evening;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:9Six days, shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;

Ezekiel 8:16So he brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and lo! at the opening of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men,—their backs towards the temple of Yahweh and their faces eastward, and they were bowing down eastward unto the Sun.

Ezekiel 44:2Then said Yahweh unto me This gate shut, shall remain It shall not be opened And no man shall enter thereby, Because Yahweh, God of Israel, doth enter thereby,- Therefore shall it remain—shut.

Ezekiel 46:6But on the day of the new moon, a young bullock without defect, —and six he-lambs and a ram without defect, shall they be;

Hebrews 4:9Hence there is, left over, a Sabbath-keeping, for the people of God.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 46:1

In this chapter we have, I. Some further rules given both to the priests and to the people, relating to their worship, ver. 1-15 . II. A law concerning the prince's disposal of his inheritance, ver. 16-18 . III. A description of the places provided for the boiling of the sacrifices and the baking of the meat-offerings, ver. 19-24 . Read the whole commentary →

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