Ezekiel 46:3
in Ezekiel 46On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before Jehovah on the sabbaths and on the new moons.
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 46
Commentary
4 notes on this verseLikewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord,.... Publicly, and in a spiritual manner; attending the ministration of the word and ordinances with constancy and fervency; praying to God, praising his name, and hearing his word with attention; and performing all the duties of religious worship. The allusion is to the people of Israel meeting at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, Exo 29:42, "in the sabbaths, and in the new moons"; at their stated weekly and monthly meetings; see Isa 66:23.
This site's exposition
shall be shut the six working days
on Ezekiel 46:1-3
The inner court's east gate stays shut through the working week and opens only on the sabbath and the new moon, the calendar itself built into the architecture. The prince enters by the porch of that same gate and stands at its post while the priests prepare his offerings, worshipping at the threshold rather than passing through into the priestly ground beyond it, and the ordinary people worship at the gate's own door. Keil reads the arrangement as the vision keeping the prince a worshipper among worshippers, near the sanctuary but never inside the priesthood's own space.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Note, The greatest of men are less than the least of the ordinances of God. Even princes themselves, when they draw near to God, must worship with reverence and godly fear, owning that even they are unworthy to approach to him. But Christ is our prince, whom God causes to draw near and approach to him, Jer. xxx.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
At 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.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ | vehishtachavu | and they will bow down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| עַם־ | ʾam- | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הָאָ֗רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| פֶּ֚תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| הַשַּׁ֣עַר | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַה֔וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בַּשַּׁבָּת֖וֹת | bashabatot | on the sabbaths | H7676 → | 110 times |
| וּבֶחֳדָשִׁ֑ים | uvechodashim | and on the new moons | H2320 → | 284 times |
| לִפְנֵ֖י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּand they will bow down
vehishtachavuH7812 →172 times
עַם־[the] people of
ʾam-H5971 →1873 times
הָאָ֗רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
פֶּ֚תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
הַשַּׁ֣עַרthe gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
הַה֔וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
בַּשַּׁבָּת֖וֹתon the sabbaths
bashabatotH7676 →110 times
וּבֶחֳדָשִׁ֑יםand on the new moons
uvechodashimH2320 →284 times
לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
it leads to
- John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Ephesians 2:18
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- John 10:7
So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
- John 10:1
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
- Romans 5:1–2
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- John 14:6
Through
Luke 1:10And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:17
No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his…
- Revelation 8:3
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
- Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Leviticus 16:17
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.