Ezekiel 46 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
This is what the Lord says: The gate of the inner courtyard that faces east must stay shut during the six working days, but on the day it will be opened, and on the day of the it will be opened.
The will enter from outside through the porch of the gate and stand by the gatepost. The priests will prepare his and his He will bow down at the threshold of the gate, then go out — but the gate will not be shut until evening.
The of the will also bow down at the entrance of that gate before Yahweh on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.
The entirely burned offering that the prince brings to Yahweh on the Sabbath day will be six lambs and one ram
The will be an with the ram, and the with the lambs will be whatever he is able to give, along with a of oil for each
On the day of the new moon: a young bull without defect, six lambs, and a ram — all without defect.
He will prepare a grain offering — an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs whatever he is able to give, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.
When the prince enters, he will come in through the porch of the gate, and he will go out the same way.
But when the people of the land come before Yahweh during the whoever enters by the north gate to bow down will go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate will go out by the north gate. No one will return through the gate by which they entered — they will go out straight ahead.
The prince will be among them — entering when they enter, going out when they go out.
At the festivals and appointed gatherings, the grain offering will be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs whatever he is able to give, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.
When the prince prepares a — whether an entirely burned or peace offerings as a gift to Yahweh — the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will prepare his entirely burned and his peace offerings just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he will go out, and the gate will be shut after he leaves.
You will prepare a year-old lamb without defect as an entirely burned offering to Yahweh every day. Morning by morning you will prepare it.
And you will prepare a grain offering with it every morning — one-sixth of an ephah, with one-third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This is a grain offering to Yahweh — a given continually.
So they will prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a continual entirely burned offering.
This is what the Lord Yahweh says: If the prince gives a gift from his to any of his sons, it belongs to his sons — it is their possession by
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to the servant until the of when it will return to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons — it will be theirs.
The prince must not take any of the people's inheritance, forcing them off their land. He will give his sons their inheritance from his own land, so that none of my people will be scattered from their property.
Then he brought me through the entrance beside the gate, into the facing north that belonged to the priests. And there, at the far western end, was a place.
He said to me, "This is the place where the priests will boil the and the and where they will bake the grain — so they do not bring them out into the outer courtyard and to the people."
Then he brought me out into the outer courtyard and led me past the four corners of the courtyard. And there, in each corner of the courtyard, was another courtyard.
In the four corners of the courtyard were enclosed courtyards — forty long and thirty wide. All four corner courtyards were the same size.
Around the inside of each of the four courtyards ran a ledge of stone, with cooking hearths built under the ledges on every side.
He said to me, "These are the kitchens where those who in the will boil the brought by the people."