Ezekiel 46:5
in Ezekiel 46The 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.
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ASV
and the meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
KJV
And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
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This verse in Ezekiel 46
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis 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
An ephah with the ram is five times the two tenths set for a ram at the New Moon in Numbers 28:12. A hin of oil goes with each ephah. The Sabbath offering of Numbers 28:9 was two lambs, and here it grows to six lambs and a ram.
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 Awakening3 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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, 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 the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
As he shall be able to give - Rather, “as he shall be willing to give.” So also in Eze 46:7.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִנְחָה֙ | uminchah | and a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| אֵיפָ֣ה | ʾeifah | [will be] an ephah | H374 → | 40 times |
| לָאַ֔יִל | laayil | for the ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| וְלַכְּבָשִׂ֥ים | velakevasim | and for the lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| מִנְחָ֖ה | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| מַתַּ֣ת | matat | [will be] [the] gift of | H4991 → | |
| 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 |
וּמִנְחָה֙and a grain offering
uminchahH4503 →211 times
אֵיפָ֣ה[will be] an ephah
ʾeifahH374 →40 times
לָאַ֔יִלfor the ram
laayilH352 →187 times
וְלַכְּבָשִׂ֥יםand for the lambs
velakevasimH3532 →107 times
מִנְחָ֖הa grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
מַתַּ֣ת[will be] [the] gift of
matatH4991 →
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
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
Deuteronomy 16:17Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–7
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- Deuteronomy 16:10
And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,
- Mark 12:41–44
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
- Leviticus 27:8
But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making…
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–7
Through
Ezekiel 45:24He 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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 46:5–7
The 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 28:12–15
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 46:5–7
Through
Numbers 28:12along 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…
it leads to
- Numbers 15:4–12
then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.
- Numbers 15:4–12
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; 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.
