Chapter 46

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh⁶ toward the east shall be shut⁷ the six working days; but on the sabbath ³¹¹⁷ it shall be opened,¹¹ and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.¹¹

And the prince shall enter¹ by the way of the porch of [that] gate without, and shall stand¹ by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare¹ his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship⁹⁸ at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth;¹ but the gate shall not be shut¹¹ until the evening.

Likewise the people of the land shall worship⁹⁸ at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer⁵⁵ unto the LORD in the sabbath day [shall be] six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

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.

And in the day of the new moon [it shall be] a young ¹¹²¹ bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.

And he shall prepare⁴ a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain⁵⁵ unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

And when the prince shall enter,² he shall go⁴ in by the way of the porch of [that] gate, and he shall go forth⁴ by the way thereof.

But when the people of the land shall come² before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in⁶ by the way of the north gate to worship⁹⁹ shall go out⁴ by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth⁶ by the way of the south gate shall go forth⁴ by the way of the north gate: he shall not return⁴ by the way of the gate whereby he came in,¹ but shall go forth⁴ over against it.

And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in,² shall go in;⁴ and when they go forth,² shall go forth.⁴

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.

Now when the prince shall prepare⁴ a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, [one] shall then open¹ him the gate that looketh⁶ toward the east, and he shall prepare¹ his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did⁴ on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth;¹ and after his going forth² [one] shall shut¹ the gate.

Thou shalt daily prepare⁴ a burnt offering unto the LORD [of] a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare⁴ it every morning. ¹²⁴²

And thou shalt prepare⁴ a meat offering for it every morning, ¹²⁴² the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper² with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.

Thus shall they prepare^{4 6213 1} the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning ¹²⁴² [for] a continual burnt offering.

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; If the prince give⁴ a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it [shall be] their possession by inheritance.

But if he give⁴ a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return¹ to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

Moreover the prince shall not take⁴ of the people's inheritance by oppression,⁵³ to thrust them out of their possession; [but] he shall give his sons inheritance⁵⁵ out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered⁴ every man from his possession.

After he brought⁵⁵ me through the entry, which [was] at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked⁶ toward the north: and, behold, there [was] a place on the two sides westward.

Then said⁴ he unto me, This [is] the place where the priests shall boil¹⁷ the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake⁴ the meat offering; that they bear [them] not out⁵³ into the utter court, to sanctify¹⁵ the people.

Then he brought me forth⁵⁵ into the utter court, and caused me to pass⁵⁵ by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner ⁴⁷⁴⁰ of the court ²⁶⁹¹ [there was] a court. ²⁶⁹¹

In the four corners of the court [there were] courts joined⁷ of forty [cubits] long and thirty broad: these four corners⁹⁴ [were] of one measure.

And [there was] a row [of building] round about in them, round about them four, and [it was] made⁷ with boiling places under the rows round about.

Then said⁴ he unto me, These [are] the places of them that boil,¹⁸ where the ministers¹⁸ of the house shall boil¹⁷ the sacrifice of the people.