Ezekiel 46:6
in Ezekiel 46On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And on 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:
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 46
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAnd in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish,.... This is also different from the law of Moses, which required two young bullocks and a ram, and seven lambs, Num 28:11, whereas here only one bullock: and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish; and here Kimchi acknowledges again that this is a new thing to be done in future time.
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
a young, unblemished bull
John Gill notes the difference from Numbers 28:11, which required two bulls, one ram and seven lambs at the New Moon. Barnes adds that the drink offerings and the trumpets of Numbers 10:10 go unmentioned. Henry links the unblemished victims to Christ (1 Peter 1:19).
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
Those who do much for God and their souls, statedly and constantly, must yet, upon some occasions, do still more. All the sacrifices were to be without blemish; so Christ, the great sacrifice, was ( 1 Pet. i. 19 ), and so Christians, who are to present themselves to God as living sacrifices, should aim and endeavour to be-- blameless, and harmless, and without rebuke.
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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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare with Num. 28. The enumeration of the offerings both for the Sabbath and new moon is here less complete than there; e. g., the drink offerings are passed by, and in the case of the new moon festival no mention is made of the blowing of trumpets (compare Num 10:10).
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְי֣וֹם | uveyom | and on [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַחֹ֔דֶשׁ | hachodesh | the new moon | H2320 → | 284 times |
| פַּ֥ר | par | a young bull | H6499 → | 132 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a young one of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָּקָ֖ר | bakar | cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| תְּמִימִ֑ם | temimim | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
| וְשֵׁ֧שֶׁת | vesheshet | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| כְּבָשִׂ֛ם | kevasim | lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| וָאַ֖יִל | vaayil | and a ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| תְּמִימִ֥ם | temimim | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
| יִהְיֽוּ׃ | yihyu | they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וּבְי֣וֹםand on [the] day of
uveyomH3117 →2304 times
הַחֹ֔דֶשׁthe new moon
hachodeshH2320 →284 times
פַּ֥רa young bull
parH6499 →132 times
בֶּן־a young one of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בָּקָ֖רcattle
bakarH1241 →183 times
תְּמִימִ֑םunblemished
temimimH8549 →91 times
וְשֵׁ֧שֶׁתand six
vesheshetH8337 →216 times
כְּבָשִׂ֛םlambs
kevasimH3532 →107 times
וָאַ֖יִלand a ram
vaayilH352 →187 times
תְּמִימִ֥םunblemished
temimimH8549 →91 times
יִהְיֽוּ׃they will be
yihyuH1961 →3559 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 46:1“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the…
it leads to
- Isaiah 66:23
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- Ezekiel 44:1–2
The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
- Ezekiel 45:17–19
And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He…
- Exodus 20:9
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- Ezekiel 8:16
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
- Isaiah 66:23
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 (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.