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from their homes, says the Sovereign Lord. Use only honest weights and
scales and honest measures, both dry and liquid. The homer will be your
standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath will each
measure one-tenth of a homer. The standard unit for weight will be the
silver shekel. One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels
will be equal to one mina.
“You must give this tax to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley
for every 60 you harvest, one percent of your olive oil, and one sheep or
goat for every 200 in your flocks in Israel. These will be the grain offer
ings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings that will make atonement for
the people who bring them, says the Sovereign Lord. All the people of
Israel must join in bringing these offerings to the prince. The prince will
be required to provide offerings that are given at the religious festivals, the
new moon celebrations, the Sabbath days, 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.
“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.
The priest will take blood from this sin offering and put it on the door
posts of the Temple, the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar, and
the gateposts at the entrance to the inner courtyard. 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.
“On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the Pass
over. This festival will last for seven days. The bread you eat during that
time must be made without yeast. On the day of Passover the prince will
provide a young bull as a sin offering for himself and the people of Israel.
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. The prince will
provide a basket of flour as a grain offering and a gallon of olive oil with
each young bull and ram.
“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 re
quired olive oil.
“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. 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