Ezekiel 46:9
7 He is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
8 When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way.
When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
10 When the people enter, the prince shall go in with them, and when they leave, he shall leave.
11 At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
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.
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- BSB
- When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- “‘“But when the people of the land come before the LORD in the appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he who enters by the way of the south gate shall go out by the way of the north gate. He shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go out straight before him.
- ASV
- But when the people of the land shall come before Jehovah in the appointed feasts, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth 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 straight before him.
- DARBY
- And when the people of the land come in before Jehovah in the set feasts, he that cometh in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that cometh in by the way of the south gate shall go out by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go out straight before him.
- BLB
- And in the coming in of the people of the land before YHWH at the appointed feasts, the one coming in by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate, and the one coming in by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate; he will not return by way of the gate by that he entered, but he will go out straight ahead of him.
- ÅB
- Men når folket i landet går inn for Herrens åsyn på høytidene, skal den som går inn igjennom nordporten for å tilbe, gå ut igjennom sydporten, og den som går inn igjennom sydporten, gå ut igjennom porten mot nord; han skal ikke vende tilbake gjennom den port som han gikk inn gjennom, men de skal gå ut rett fram for seg.
- OTB
- Når folkene i landet kommer for Herren ved de fastsatte høytidene, skal den som kommer inn gjennom nordporten for å tilbe, gå ut gjennom sørporten, og den som kommer inn gjennom sørporten, skal gå ut gjennom nordporten. Ingen skal vende tilbake gjennom porten de kom inn gjennom, men hver skal gå ut gjennom den motsatte porten.
- B1930
- Men når folket i landet går inn for Herrens åsyn på høitidene, skal den som går inn igjennem nordporten for å tilbede, gå ut igjennem sydporten, og den som går inn igjennem sydporten, gå ut igjennem porten mot nord; han skal ikke vende tilbake gjennem den port som han gikk inn gjennem, men de skal gå ut rett frem for sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
Read in contextPsalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
Read in contextExodus 23:14–17
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
Read in contextHebrews 10:38
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
Read in contextPhilippians 3:13–14
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Read in contextExodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Read in context2 Peter 2:20–21
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
Read in contextMalachi 4:4
“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
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