Ezekiel 46

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.

God says, "The eastern gate of the inner court will be closed during the six workdays. But on the Sabbath and the day of the new moon, it will be open."

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.

The prince will arrive through the grand entrance, standing tall by the gate's pillar. The priests will ready his offerings, and he'll bow in reverence at the gate's edge. He'll then depart, but the gate will remain open until dusk.

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.

People will gather and honor God at the entrance of this gate, celebrating Him during holy rest days and new moons.

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.

On the sacred day of rest, the prince must present to the LORD a pure offering, six flawless lambs and a perfect ram.

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.

With the ram, the grain offering will be an ephah; with the lambs, give as much as you're able; and add a hin of oil for each ephah.

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.

On the day of the new moon, present a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram. They must be perfect and pure.

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.

He must prepare a grain offering of an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he can afford, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.

And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

When the prince arrives, he will enter through the gate's porch and will also leave through it.

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.

When people come to honor God during sacred celebrations, those who enter from the north to worship must exit from the south. Similarly, those who enter from the south must leave through the north. No one should go back out by the gate they came in through, but by the opposite one.

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

When the leader is among them, he will join them in their journey, whether they're coming or going.

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.

During celebrations and sacred ceremonies, offer an ephah of grain with each bull and an ephah with each ram, and with the lambs as much grain as you can afford; and for every ephah of grain, add a hin of oil.

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.

When the leader decides to willingly give a burnt offering or peace offerings to God, the gate facing east should be opened for him. He will prepare his offerings just like he does on the Sabbath. After he leaves, the gate should be closed.

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

Every day, present a flawless young lamb to the Lord as a burnt offering. Do this each morning.

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.

Every morning, prepare with it a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah of fine flour, with a third of a hin of oil to moisten it, as a constant offering to the Lord. This is a permanent rule.

Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

Every morning, they shall lovingly prepare the lamb, the meal, and the oil, for an unending sacrifice.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; 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.

The Lord declares; if a ruler gifts something to his children, it will belong to them, passed down as their rightful inheritance.

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.

If he chooses to give a portion of his inheritance to a servant, it will belong to the servant until the year of freedom. After that, it will go back to him. However, his inheritance will always belong to his children.

Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust 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.

The leader must not exploit the people, seizing their property unjustly. He should provide for his children from his own wealth, ensuring that everyone retains their rightful possessions, preventing my people from being displaced.

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

He guided me to a side entrance, leading to the sacred priestly chambers facing north. There, to the west, lay a special place.

Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

He told me, "This is where the priests will boil the guilt offerings and the sin offerings, and bake the grain offerings. They must not carry them out into the outer court, where they would pass holiness on to the people."

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

He gently guided me out into the outer courtyard, leading me around its four corners. To my surprise, each corner held its own smaller courtyard.

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

In the courtyard's four corners, there were interconnected spaces, each stretching 40 units long and 30 wide. All four corners were of the same size, creating a sense of balance and harmony.

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

Surrounding them were rows of structures, four in total, each equipped with heated areas beneath.

Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

He then told me, "These are the kitchens where the house's servants will cook the people's offerings."