Ezekiel 45:16
14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.
All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
17 And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All the people of the land must participate in this contribution for the prince in Israel.
- KJV
- All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
- WEB
- “All the people of the land shall give to this offering for the prince in Israel.
- ASV
- All the people of the land shall give unto this oblation for the prince in Israel.
- DARBY
- All the people of the land shall be [held] to this heave-offering for the prince in Israel.
- BLB
- All the people of the land shall be toward this contribution for the prince in Israel.
- ÅB
- Alt folket i landet skal være skyldig til å yde denne offergave til fyrsten i Israel.
- OTB
- Alle folkene i landet skal være pålagt å gi dette spesialofferet til fyrsten i Israel.
- B1930
- Alt folket i landet skal være skyldig til å yde denne offergave til fyrsten i Israel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 16:1
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Read in contextExodus 30:14–15
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
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