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and all other similar occasions. He will provide
the sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, liquid offerings, and peace offerings to
purify the people of Israel, making them right
with the Lord.*
18 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In
early spring, on the first day of each new year,*
sacrifice a young bull with no defects to purify
the Temple. 19 The priest will take blood from
this sin offering and put it on the doorposts of
the Temple, the four corners of the upper ledge
of the altar, and the gateposts at the entrance to
the inner courtyard. 20 Do this also on the seventh day of the new year for anyone who has
sinned through error or ignorance. In this way,
you will purify* the Temple.
21 “On the fourteenth day of the first month,*
you must celebrate the Passover. This festival
will last for seven days. The bread you eat during that time must be made without yeast. 22 On
the day of Passover the prince will provide a
young bull as a sin offering for himself and the
people of Israel. 23 On each of the seven days of
the feast he will prepare a burnt offering to the
Lord, consisting of seven young bulls and seven
rams without defects. A male goat will also be
given each day for a sin offering. 24 The prince will
provide a basket of flour as a grain offering and a
gallon of olive oil* with each young bull and ram.
25 “During the seven days of the Festival of Shelters, which occurs every year in early autumn,*
the prince will provide these same sacrifices for
the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the grain
offering, along with the required olive oil.
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“This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
The east gateway of the inner courtyard
will be closed during the six workdays each
week, but it will be open on Sabbath days and
the days of new moon celebrations. 2 The prince
will enter the entry room of the gateway from
the outside. Then he will stand by the gatepost
while the priest offers his burnt offering and
peace offering. He will bow down in worship
inside the gateway passage and then go back
out the way he came. The gateway will not be
closed until evening. 3 The common people will
bow down and worship the Lord in front of this
gateway on Sabbath days and the days of new
moon celebrations.
4 “Each Sabbath day the prince will present
to the Lord a burnt offering of six lambs and
one ram, all with no defects. 5 He will present a
grain offering of a basket of choice flour to go
with the ram and whatever amount of flour he
chooses to go with each lamb, and he is to offer
one gallon of olive oil* for each basket of flour.
6 At the new moon celebrations, he will bring
one young bull, six lambs, and one ram, all
with no defects. 7 With the young bull he must
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bring a basket of choice flour for a grain offering. With the ram he must bring another basket
of flour. And with each lamb he is to bring whatever amount of flour he chooses to give. With
each basket of flour he must offer one gallon
of olive oil.
8 “The prince must enter the gateway through
the entry room, and he must leave the same
way. 9 But when the people come in through the
north gateway to worship the Lord during the
religious festivals, they must leave by the south
gateway. And those who entered through the
south gateway must leave by the north gateway.
They must never leave by the same gateway
they came in, but must always use the opposite
gateway. 10 The prince will enter and leave with
the people on these occasions.
11 “So at the special feasts and sacred festivals, the grain offering will be a basket of choice
flour with each young bull, another basket of
flour with each ram, and as much flour as the
worshiper chooses to give with each lamb. Give
one gallon of olive oil with each basket of flour.
12 When the prince offers a voluntary burnt offering or peace offering to the Lord, the east
gateway to the inner courtyard will be opened
for him, and he will offer his sacrifices as he
does on Sabbath days. Then he will leave, and
the gateway will be shut behind him.
13 “Each morning you must sacrifice a oneyear-old lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the Lord. 14 With the lamb, a grain
offering must also be given to the Lord—about
three quarts of flour with a third of a gallon of
olive oil* to moisten the choice flour. This will
be a permanent law for you. 15 The lamb, the
grain offering, and the olive oil must be given
as a daily sacrifice every morning without fail.
16 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: If
the prince gives a gift of land to one of his sons
as his inheritance, it will belong to him and his
descendants forever. 17 But if the prince gives a
gift of land from his inheritance to one of his
servants, the servant may keep it only until the
Year of Jubilee, which comes every fiftieth year.*
At that time the land will return to the prince.
But when the prince gives gifts to his sons,
those gifts will be permanent. 18 And the prince
may never take anyone’s property by force. If he
gives property to his sons, it must be from his
45:17 Or to make atonement for the people of Israel.
45:18 Hebrew On the first day of the first month, of the Hebrew
calendar. This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar
occurred in March or April. 45:20 Or will make atonement for.
45:21 This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred
in late March, April, or early May. 45:24 Hebrew an ephah
[20 quarts or 22 liters] of flour . . . and a hin [3.8 liters] of olive
oil. 45:25 Hebrew the festival which begins on the fifteenth
day of the seventh month (see Lev 23:34). This day in the
ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in late September,
October, or early November. 46:5 Hebrew an ephah
[20 quarts or 22 liters] of choice flour . . . a hin [3.8 liters] of
olive oil; similarly in 46:7, 11. 46:14 Hebrew 1 ⁄6 of an ephah
[3.7 liters] of flour with 1 ⁄3 of a hin [1.3 liters] of olive oil.
46:17 Hebrew until the Year of Release; see Lev 25:8-17.