The Prince and the Feasts
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'Thus says the Lord GOD: "The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six a working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
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b "The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
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"Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the LORD on the Sabbaths and the New Moons.
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"The burnt offering that c the prince offers to the LORD on the d Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish;
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e "and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah.
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"On the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish.
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"He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.
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f "When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.
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"But when the people of the land g come before the LORD on the appointed feast days, whoever enters by way of the north h gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate; and whoever enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate.
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"The prince shall then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out.
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"At the festivals and the appointed feast days i the grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.
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"Now when the prince makes a voluntary burnt offering or voluntary peace offering to the LORD, the gate that faces toward the east j shall then be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he goes out the gate shall be shut.
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k "You shall daily make a burnt offering to the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it every morning.
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"And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the LORD.
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"Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a l regular burnt offering every morning."
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'Thus says the Lord GOD: "If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
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"But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until m the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs.
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"Moreover n the prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property." ' "
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Cross References
Exodus 20:9
Six days you shall labor and do all your work.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 44:3
" As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way."
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Cross References
Ezekiel 45:17
"Then it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths, and at all the appointed seasons of the house of Israel. He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel."
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Cross References
Numbers 28:9
And on the Sabbath day two lambs in their first year, without blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering -
Numbers 28:10
This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering.
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Numbers 28:12
Three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram.
Ezekiel 45:24
And he shall prepare a grain offering of one ephah for each bull and one ephah for each ram, together with a hin of oil for each ephah.
Ezekiel 46:7
He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.
Ezekiel 46:11
At the festivals and the appointed feast days the grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 44:3
" As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way."
Ezekiel 46:2
The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
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Cross References
Exodus 23:14 - 17
Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the...
Exodus 34:23
Three times in the year all your men shall appe...
Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your males shall appear ...
Deuteronomy 16:17
Every man shall give as he is able, according t...
Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength; Each one app...
Micah 6:6
With what shall I come before the LORD, And bow...
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Cross References
Ezekiel 48:31
(the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel), the three gates northward: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.
Ezekiel 48:33
On the south side, measuring four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 46:5
And the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah.
Ezekiel 46:7
He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 44:3
" As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way."
Ezekiel 46:1
Thus says the Lord GOD: "The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
Ezekiel 46:2
The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
Ezekiel 46:8
When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:38
Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.
Numbers 28:3 - 5
And you shall say to them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:42
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
Numbers 28:6
It is a regular burnt offering which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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Cross References
Leviticus 25:10
And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 45:8
"The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes."
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