Ezekiel 46:4

Ezekiel 46:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The burnt offering the prince brings to the Lord on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish;

Context of Ezekiel 46:4

2The prince must enter from the outside through the entrance hall of the gateway. He must stand by the doorposts of the gateway. Then the priests must prepare the prince’s burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He must worship at the entrance of the gateway and then leave. The gate must not be closed until evening. 3The common people must worship at the door of the gateway in the presence of the Lord on the weekly days of rest—holy days, and on New Moon Festivals. The prince must offer to the Lord six lambs that have no defects and one ram that has no defects as a burnt offering on the day of rest—a holy day. 5The grain offering that is to be brought with the ram must be a half-bushel, and the grain offering that is to be brought with the lambs must be whatever the prince can bring. One gallon of olive oil must be brought with each half-bushel of grain. 6On the first day of the month, the burnt offering must be one young bull, six lambs, and one ram—all animals that have no defects.

Ezekiel 46:4 word by word

וְהָ֣עֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יַקְרִ֥ב הַנָּשִׂ֖יא לַֽיהוָ֑ה בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת שִׁשָּׁ֧ה כְבָשִׂ֛ים תְּמִימִ֖ם וְאַ֥יִל תָּמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• that the princeנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• shall offerקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in the sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• lambsכֶּ֫בֶשׂkebeώ · lambH3532
• without blemishתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemishedH8549
• and a ramאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352

Cross-references for Ezekiel 46:4

• Ezekiel 45:17Then the prince is responsible to provide burnt offerings, grain offerings, and wine offerings at the annual festivals, the New Moon Festivals, the weekly days of rest—holy days, and all the other appointed festivals of the nation of Israel. He must prepare offerings for sin, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and fellowship offerings to make peace with the Lord for the nation of Israel.
• Numbers 28:9“On the day of rest—a holy day, offer two one-year-old lambs that have no defects, a grain offering of 16 cups of flour mixed with olive oil, and the wine offering that goes with it.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 46:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The burnt-offerings that the prince shall offer - The chief magistrate was always obliged to attend the public worship of God, as well as the priest, to show that the civil and ecclesiastical states were both under the same government of the Lord; and that no one was capable of being prince or priest, who did not acknowledge God in all his ways. It is no wonder that those lands mourn, where neither the established priest nor the civil magistrate either…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The offerings prescribed here Ezekiel 46:4-15 are generally in excess of those enjoined by the Law, to note not only the greater devotion and magnificence under the new state of things, but also the willingness (compare Deuteronomy 16:17) of king and people ready to give of their substance to the utmost of their means.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Ezekiel described the prince's duties during special celebrations, including Sabbaths and new moon events. The prince represented the people in worship. He joined them in a procession through the temple and had the unique ability to approach the sacred area for them.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 46:4

• King
• Sabbath

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priests and Levites
• Temple

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