12 September - Ezekiel 46-48

Jude Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:06 am

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

EZEKIEL 46

1‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “The gate of the inner courtyard facing east is shut the six days of work, but on the Sabbath it is opened, and on the day of the New Moon it is opened.

2“And the prince shall enter by way of the porch of that gate from the outside, and he shall stand by the post. And the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. And he shall bow himself at the threshold of the gate, and shall go out, but the gate is not shut until evening.

3“And the people of the land shall also bow themselves at the entrance to this gate before יהוה, on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons.

4“And the burnt offering which the prince brings to יהוה on the Sabbath day is six lambs, perfect ones, and a ram, a perfect one.

5“And the grain offering is one ĕphah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, a gift of his hand, and a hin of oil for an ĕphah.

6“And on the day of the New Moon: a young bull, a perfect one, six lambs, and a ram, they should be perfect.

7“And he prepares a grain offering of an ĕphah for a bull, and an ĕphah for a ram, and for the lambs as his hand attains, and a hin of oil for an ĕphah.

8“And when the prince enters, he comes in by way of the porch of that gate, and goes out the same way.

9“And when the people of the land enter before יהוה at the appointed times, whoever shall enter by way of the north gate to bow himself, goes out by way of the south gate. And whoever enters by way of the south gate, goes out by way of the north gate, he shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but goes out through the opposite one.

10“And the prince is to be in their midst, entering when they enter, and going out when they go out.

11“And in the festivals and in the appointed times the grain offering is an ĕphah for a bull, and an ĕphah for a ram, and for lambs the gift of his hand, and a hin of oil for an ĕphah.

12“And when the prince makes a spontaneous burnt offering or spontaneous peace offerings to יהוה, the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day. And he shall go out, and after he goes out the gate shall be shut.

13“And make a daily burnt offering to יהוה of a lamb a year old, a perfect one, preparing it morning by morning.

14“And prepare a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ĕphah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, a grain offering to יהוה – continual everlasting laws.

15“And prepare the lamb, and the grain offering, and the oil, morning by morning, a continual burnt offering.”

16‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “When the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it belongs to his sons, it is their possession by inheritance.

17“And when he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his till the year of release, then it shall return to the prince. Only the inheritance of his sons is theirs.

18“And the prince does not take any of the people’s inheritance by evicting them from their possession. He is to give his sons their inheritance from his own possession, so that none of My people are separated from his possession.” ’ ”

19And he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the set-apart rooms of the priests facing north. And look, there was a place at the extreme rear toward the west.

20And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests cook the guilt offering and the sin offering, where they bake the grain offering, so as not to bring them out into the outer courtyard to set the people apart.”

21And he brought me out into the outer courtyard and made me pass along to the four corners of the courtyard. And look, in every corner of the courtyard was another courtyard.

22In the four corners of the courtyard were courtyards covered over, forty cubits long and thirty wide, these four corners having one measure,

23and a row of building stones all around in them, all around the four of them, and places for fire were made under the rows, all around.

24And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where the attendants of the House cook the slaughterings of the people.”

EZEKIEL 47

1And he turned me back to the door of the House. And look, water was flowing from under the threshold of the House toward the east, for the House faced east, and the water was flowing from under the right side of the House, from the south of the altar.

2And he led me out by way of the north gate, and took me round on the outside to the outer gate facing east. And look, water trickling out on the right side.

3As the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he made me pass over into water, water to the ankles.

4And he measured one thousand and made me pass over into water, water to the knees. And he measured one thousand and made me pass over, water to the loins.

5And he measured one thousand, a stream that I was unable to pass over, for the water had risen, water to swim, a stream that is not passed over.

6And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” And he led me and brought me back to the bank of the stream.

7When I returned, then look, along the bank of the stream were very many trees on one side and the other.

8And he said to me, “These waters are flowing toward the eastern country, and go down into the Araḇah, and enter the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters shall be healed.

9“And it shall be that every swarming creature, wherever the stream goes, shall live. And there shall be very many fish, for these waters shall go there, and they are healed. And wherever the stream flows all shall live.

10“And it shall be that fishermen stand along it, from Ěn Geḏi to Ěn Eg̅layim, being places for spreading their nets. Their fish is to be of the same kind as the fish of the Great Sea, very many.

11“Its swamps and marshes shall not be healed, they shall be given over to salt.

12“And by the bank of the stream, on both sides, grow all kinds of trees used for food, whose leaves do not wither and fruit do not fail. They bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the set-apart place. And their fruit shall be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

13Thus said the Master יהוה, “This is the border by which you inherit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Yisra’ĕl, two portions for Yosĕph.

14“And you shall inherit it, each one the same as his brother. For I lifted My hand in an oath to give it to your fathers, and this land shall fall to you as your inheritance.

15“And this is the border of the land on the north: from the Great Sea, the way of Ḥethlon, as one goes to Tseḏaḏ,

16“Ḥamath, Bĕrothah, Siḇrayim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Ḥamath, Ḥatsar Hattiḵon, which is on the border of Ḥawran.

17“And the border shall be from the Sea to Ḥatsar Ěnan, the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Ḥamath. This is the north side.

18“And the east side is from between Ḥawran, and Damascus, and Gil‛aḏ, and the land of Yisra’ĕl; the Yardĕn, from the border to the eastern side of the sea you are to measure. This is the east side.

19“And the south side toward the South is from Tamar to the waters of Meriḇah by Qaḏĕsh, along the Wadi to the Great Sea. This is the south side toward the South.

20“And the west side is the Great Sea, from the border to the point opposite Ḥamath. This is the west side.

21“And you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Yisra’ĕl.

22“And it shall be that you divide it by lot as an inheritance for yourselves, and for the strangers who sojourn in your midst and who bear children among you. And they shall be to you as native-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl – with you they have an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Yisra’ĕla.

23“And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger sojourns, there you give him his inheritance,” declares the Master יהוה.

EZEKIEL 48

1“And these are the names of the tribes: From the north end along the way to Ḥethlon at the entrance of Ḥamath, to Ḥatsar Ěnan, the border of Damascus northward by the side of Ḥamath, from its east to its west side, Dan: one.

2“And by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Ashĕr: one.

3“And by the border of Ashĕr, from the east side to the west, Naphtali: one.

4“And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Menashsheh: one.

5“And by the border of Menashsheh, from the east side to the west, Ephrayim: one.

6“And by the border of Ephrayim, from the east side to the west, Re’uḇĕn: one.

7“And by the border of Re’uḇĕn, from the east side to the west, Yehuḏah: one.

8“And by the border of Yehuḏah, from the east side to the west, is the contribution which you offer up, twenty-five thousand cubits in width, and in length the same as one of the portions, from the east side to the west, with the set-apart place in its midst.

9“The contribution that you offer up to יהוה is twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

10“And of these is the set-apart contribution for the priests: on the north twenty-five thousand cubits, and on the west ten thousand in width, and on the east ten thousand in width, and on the south twenty-five thousand in length. And the set-apart place of יהוה shall be in its midst –

11for the priests of the sons of Tsaḏoq, who are set-apart, who did guard My Charge, who did not go astray when the children of Yisra’ĕl went astray, as the Lĕwites went astray.

12“So this contribution shall be to them, from the contribution of the land, a most set-apart place by the border of the Lĕwites.

13“And alongside the border of the priests, the Lĕwites have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width, its entire length is twenty-five thousand and its width ten thousand.

14“And they do not sell any of it, nor exchange it, nor transfer this best part of the land, for it is set-apart to יהוה.

15“And the five thousand cubits in width that is left, facing the twenty-five thousand, is for common use by the city, for dwellings and open land. And the city shall be in its midst.

16“And these are its measurements: the north side four thousand five hundred cubits, and the south side four thousand five hundred, and the east side four thousand five hundred, and the west side four thousand five hundred.

17“And the open land of the city shall be: to the north two hundred and fifty cubits, and to the south two hundred and fifty, and to the east two hundred and fifty, and to the west two hundred and fifty.

18“And the rest of the length, alongside the contribution of the set-apart portion, is ten thousand cubits to the east and ten thousand to the west. And it shall be alongside the contribution of the set-apart portion, and its increase shall be food for the workers of the city.

19“And the workers of the city, from all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, shall till it.

20“The entire contribution is twenty-five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand cubits, foursquare. You are to offer up the set-apart contribution with the possession of the city.

21“And the rest is for the prince, on one side and on the other of the set-apart contribution and of the possession of the city, facing the twenty-five thousand cubits of the set-apart contribution as far as the eastern border, and westward facing the twenty-five thousand as far as the western border, alongside the portions of the prince. And the set-apart contribution, and the set-apart place of the House shall be in its midst.

22“So the possession of the Lĕwites and the possession of the city are in the midst of what belongs to the prince – between the border of Yehuḏah and the border of Binyamin, it belongs to the prince.

23“As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Binyamin: one.

24“And by the border of Binyamin, from the east side to the west side, Shim‛on: one.

25“And by the border of Shim‛on, from the east side to the west side, Yissasḵar: one.

26“And by the border of Yissasḵar, from the east side to the west side, Zeḇulun: one.

27“And by the border of Zeḇulun, from the east side to the west side, Gaḏ: one.

28“And by the border of Gaḏ, on the south side toward the South, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meriḇah by Qaḏĕsh, along the Wadi to the Great Sea.

29“This is the land which you divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, and these are their portions,” declares the Master יהוה.

30“And these are the exits of the city, the gates of the city according to the names of the tribes of Yisra’ĕla: On the north side, measuring four thousand five hundred cubits,

31the three gates northward: one gate for Re’uḇĕn, one gate for Yehuḏah, one gate for Lĕwi.

32“And on the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates: one gate for Yosĕph, one gate for Binyamin, one gate for Dan.

33“And on the south side, measuring four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates: one gate for Shim‛on, one gate for Yissasḵar, one gate for Zeḇulun.

34“And on the west side, four thousand five hundred cubits with their three gates: one gate for Gaḏ, one gate for Ashĕr, one gate for Naphtali.

35“All around: eighteen thousand cubits. And the name of the city from that day is: יהוה is there!”