Ezekiel 46:7
in Ezekiel 46He is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
KJV
And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
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This verse in Ezekiel 46
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAccording as his hand shall attain unto - According to his ability, to what the providence of God has put in his hand, i.e., his power. This proportion of offerings is different from that prescribed by the Mosaic law, Num 15:4-12.
This site's exposition
six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram
on Ezekiel 46:4-7
On the Sabbath the prince presents “six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram”. The New Moon adds “a young, unblemished bull”. Gill notes that the grain with the lambs is left to the giver, “as much as he is able”, within an otherwise fixed ordinance.
This site's exposition
as much as he is able with the lambs
Adam Clarke reads the phrase as the prince's own ability, what God's providence has put in his hand. He notes that these amounts differ from Numbers 15:4 to 12, where each animal had a fixed measure. Freedom enters a fixed ritual here.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 46—Verses 1 onwards). Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east will be closed for six days, during which work is being done; but on the Sabbath day it will be opened, and also on the day of the new moon it will be opened. And the prince shall enter through the vestibule of the outer gate, and shall stand at the threshold of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate and then leave.
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
But it should rather seem that he did not go through the gate (as the glory of the Lord had done), though it was open, but he went by the way of the porch of the gate, stood at the post of the gate, and worshipped at the threshold of the gate (
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), which intimates that under the gospel, the great atoning sacrifice having been offered, these unbloody sacrifices shall be more abounded in; or, in general, it intimates that as now, under the gospel, God abounds in the gifts of his grace to us, more than under the law, so we should abound in the returns of praise and duty to him.
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, 11 ), as his hand shall attain unto. Note, Princess themselves must spend as they can afford; and even in that which is laid out in works of piety God expects and requires but that we should do according to our ability, every man as God has prepared him, 1 Cor. xvi.
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And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram,.... See Gill on Eze 45:24, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah; See Gill on Eze 46:5.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵיפָ֨ה | veeifah | and an ephah | H374 → | 40 times |
| לַפָּ֜ר | lapar | for the young bull | H6499 → | 132 times |
| וְאֵיפָ֤ה | veeifah | and an ephah | H374 → | 40 times |
| לָאַ֙יִל֙ | laayil | for the ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה | yaaseh | he will provide | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִנְחָ֔ה | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וְלַ֨כְּבָשִׂ֔ים | velakevasim | and for the lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תַּשִּׂ֖יג | tasig | it will reach | H5381 → | |
| יָד֑וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְשֶׁ֖מֶן | veshemen | and oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| הִ֥ין | hin | a hin | H1969 → | 22 times |
| לָאֵיפָֽה׃ | laeifah | to the ephah | H374 → | 40 times |
וְאֵיפָ֨הand an ephah
veeifahH374 →40 times
לַפָּ֜רfor the young bull
laparH6499 →132 times
וְאֵיפָ֤הand an ephah
veeifahH374 →40 times
לָאַ֙יִל֙for the ram
laayilH352 →187 times
יַעֲשֶׂ֣הhe will provide
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
מִנְחָ֔הa grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
וְלַ֨כְּבָשִׂ֔יםand for the lambs
velakevasimH3532 →107 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
תַּשִּׂ֖יגit will reach
tasigH5381 →
יָד֑וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
וְשֶׁ֖מֶןand oil
veshemenH8081 →193 times
הִ֥יןa hin
hinH1969 →22 times
לָאֵיפָֽה׃to the ephah
laeifahH374 →40 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Ezekiel 46:5The grain offering with the ram shall be one ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 45:24
He shall also provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain.
- Deuteronomy 16:17
Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.
- Numbers 28:12
along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with…
- Ezekiel 46:11–12
At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along…
- Numbers 6:21
This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to…
- Ezekiel 45:24
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.