Ezekiel 46:3

Ezekiel 46:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of that gateway.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the Lord on the Sabbaths and the New Moons.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The common people will bow down and worship the Lord in front of this gateway on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.

Context of Ezekiel 46:3

1"Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening. The people of the land shall bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the new moons. 4The burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish. 5And the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.

Ezekiel 46:3 word by word

וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ עַם־הָאָ֗רֶץ פֶּ֚תַח הַשַּׁ֣עַר הַה֔וּא בַּשַּׁבָּת֖וֹת וּבֶחֳדָשִׁ֑ים לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Likewise the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• at the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• of this gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in the sabbathsשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• and in the new moonsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320

Cross-references for Ezekiel 46:3

• Luke 1:10And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
• John 10:9I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
• Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

Commentaries on Ezekiel 46:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3At the door of this gate - In Herod‘s Temple the place for worshipping “before the Lord” was the court of Israel, west of the court of Women, separated from the inner court by a low parapet. In Ezekiel‘s the worshippers were admitted into the inner court itself. The upper pavement (E. Plan II) on either side of the eastern gate provided room for such worshippers.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The ordinary Israelites, the common people, could climb the stairs to the threshold to worship when the gate was open on the sabbath and the first day of the month. Only then could they see into the inner court. Otherwise, they had to stay away from it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-242. The prince is to go through the east gate without (open on the Sabbath only, to mark its peculiar sanctity) to the entrance of the gate of the inner court; he is to go no further, but "stand by the post" (compare 1Ki 8:14, 22, Solomon standing before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the congregation; also 2Ki 11:14; 23:3, "by a pillar": the customary place), the court within belonging exclusively to the priests. There, as representative of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 46:3

• Sabbath
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• People
• Priests and Levites
• Sabbath
• Temple
• New Moon

Commentaries on Ezekiel 46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings