Ezekiel 46:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ שַׁ֜עַר הֶחָצֵ֤ר הַפְּנִימִית֙ הַפֹּנֶ֣ה קָדִ֔ים יִהְיֶ֣ה סָג֔וּר שֵׁ֖שֶׁת יְמֵ֣י הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה וּבְי֤וֹם הַשַּׁבָּת֙ יִפָּתֵ֔חַ וּבְי֥וֹם הַחֹ֖דֶשׁ יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃

Transliteration

Thus 'āmar 'ădōnāy YHWH, sha'ar heḥātzēr happənîmît happōneh qādîm yihyeh sāgûr shēshet yəmēy hamma'ăśeh, and-in-yôm hashshabbāt yippātēaḥ and-in-yôm haḥōdesh yippātēaḥ.

Grammar Details

*kōh*: adverb - thus, so
*'āmar*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke
*'ădōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my lords/my Lord
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*sha'ar*: noun, masculine singular construct - gate of
*heḥātzēr*: noun, masculine singular + definite article - the court
*happənîmît*: adjective, feminine singular + definite article - the inner
*happōneh*: participle, masculine singular + definite article - the facing
*qādîm*: noun, masculine singular - east
*yihyeh*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be
*sāgûr*: passive participle, masculine singular - closed/shut
*shēshet*: numeral, feminine construct - six of
*yəmēy*: noun, masculine plural construct - days of
*hamma'ăśeh*: noun, masculine singular + definite article - the work
*ûbəyôm*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and in day of
*hashshabbāt*: noun, feminine singular + definite article - the sabbath
*yippātēaḥ*: imperfect niphal, 3rd masculine singular - it will be opened
*haḥōdesh*: noun, masculine singular + definite article - the new moon/month

Word Meanings

*'ădōnāy*: Lord/master/sovereign
*sha'ar*: gate/entrance/portal
*heḥātzēr*: court/courtyard/enclosure
*happənîmît*: inner/interior/internal
*qādîm*: east/eastern direction
*yihyeh*: will be/shall be/is to be
*sāgûr*: closed/shut/sealed
*hamma'ăśeh*: work/labor/occupation
*hashshabbāt*: sabbath/seventh day/rest day
*haḥōdesh*: new moon/month/lunar cycle

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Referenced Verses

Isa 66:23 : 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Exod 20:9 : 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Ezek 44:1-2 : 1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Ezek 45:17-19 : 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: 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
Ezek 46:6 : 6 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.
Luke 13:14 : 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Heb 4:9-9 : 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Ezek 8:16 : 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ezek 46:2-4
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2And 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.
3Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
4And 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.
Ezek 46:12
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12Now 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.
Ezek 44:1-5
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1Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
2Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
3It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
4Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.
5And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
Ezek 46:8-10
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8And 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.
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Ezek 43:1
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Neh 13:19
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19And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Jer 17:24
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24And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
Ezek 46:19
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19After 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.
Ezek 43:4
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Ezek 40:23-24
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23And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
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Ezek 40:32
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Ezek 45:18
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Jer 17:19-21
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Ezek 40:19-20
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19Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
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Ezek 40:27-28
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Ezek 40:9-11
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Ezek 46:6
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Ezek 40:6
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Ezek 42:12
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Ezek 40:44
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