Ezekiel 46:14

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. 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 ... then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. Not only is he to perform official acts of worship on holy days and feasts, but in "voluntary" offerings daily he is to show his individual zeal, surpassing all his people in liberality, and so setting them a princely example. The prince goes forth on the most solemn occasions, not only holy days, but when of...

EXPOSITION This chapter fails into three divisions. The first (Ezekiel 46:1) gives supplementary directions for the prince and the people of the land when engaged in solemn acts of worship; the second (Ezekiel 46:16) furnishes the prince with instructions as to how he may dispose of his portion or inheritance; the third (Ezekiel 46:19) adds particulars about the sacrificial kitchens for the priests and for the people. EZEKIEL 46:1 The supplementary directions contained in these verses relate to the worship of the prince and the people on the sabbaths and the new moons ...

AND THOU SHALT PREPARE A MEAT OFFERING FOR MORNING,.... That is, for the daily burnt offering to go along with it; prayer and thanksgiving for our temporal and spiritual food, which should be done every morning: THE SIXTH PART OF AN EPHAH, AND THE THIRD PART OF AN HIN OF OIL, TO TEMPER WITH THE FINE FLOUR; to mix with it, and moisten it: under the law, only a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour, and a fourth part of a hin of oil, were ordered to make this meat offering of, Exodus 29:40, wherefore Kimchi observes, this is a new thing in time to come: the reason of it is this; to show us, that as the blessings of grace abound under the Gospel dispensation, we should abound in our thanksgiving to God: A MEAT OFFERING, CONTINUALLY, BY A PERPETUAL ORDINANCE UNTO THE LORD; these sorts of sacrifices are never to cease; and so the Jews n themselves say,...

CHAPTER 46 _ 1. The worship of the prince (Ezekiel 46:1) _ 2. Further instruction as to worship (Ezekiel 46:9) 3. Concerning the prince, his sons and his servants (Ezekiel 46:16) 4. A final description of places in the temple (Ezekiel 46:19)...

THE SABBATH, NEW MOON, AND OTHER FESTIVALS. On the Sabbath day, seven animals, besides meal and oil, were to be offered; on the new moon the offering was the same, with the addition of a bullock. The prince, who might not enter into the sacred inner court, watched the sacrifice being offered from his place at the threshold of its eastern gate (Ezekiel 46:1). To prevent confusion the worshippers were obliged to leave the outer court by the opposite gate from that by which they had entered (Ezekiel 46:8 f.). It was the prince's duty to provide for the daily burnt offering. When, in addition to this, he made a free-will offering, the eastern gate of the inner court was opened for him, as on the Sabbath and new moon (Ezekiel

FOR IT. thereupon. TEMPER. mix....

Ezekiel 45:18 to Ezekiel 46:24. The offerings to be made at the feasts and other appointed seasons (1) Ezekiel 45:18-25. Offerings at the feasts. (2) Ezekiel 46:1-11. Offerings for the sabbaths and new moons. (3) Ezekiel 45:12. Voluntary offerings of the prince. (4) Ezekiel 45:13. The daily burnt-offering. (5) Ezekiel 45:16. Case

_5. THE OFFERING OF THE PRINCE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE._ (_46:11-15_) TRANSLATION (11) And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meal-offering shall be an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give and a hin of oil to an ephah. (12) And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto the LORD, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he does on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. (13) And you shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering unto the LORD daily: morning by morning you shall prepare it. (14) And you shall prepare a meal-offering with ii morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third pa...

46:14 ordinance. (c-39) Lit. 'statutes for ever.' see Exodus 12:24 ....

THE OFFERINGS AT THE SACRED SEASONS, ETC (This whole passage should be compared with Numbers 28:29.) _(A) THE ATONEMENT FOR THE SANCTUARY (EZEKIEL 45:18)_ This was to take place twice yearly, on the first days of the first and seventh months. These two days in Ezekiel serve the same purpose as the great Day of Atonement on the tenth day of the seventh month (Leviticus 16; Numbers 29:7)....