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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/46.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/46.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The burnt offering the prince brings to the LORD on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/46.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Each Sabbath day the prince will present to the LORD a burnt offering of six lambs and one ram, all with no defects.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/46.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The burnt offering that the prince offers to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/46.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/46.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day <i>shall be</i> six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/46.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The burnt offering that the prince offers to the LORD on the Sabbath day <i>shall be</i> six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/46.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/46.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the LORD on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/46.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the LORD on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/46.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the burnt offering which the prince shall bring near to Yahweh on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/46.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/46.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day is to be six unblemished lambs and an unblemished ram.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/46.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day is to be six unblemished lambs and an unblemished ram. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/46.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto Jehovah shall be on the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/46.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />On the Sabbath, the ruler will bring six lambs and one ram to be offered as sacrifices to please me. There must be nothing wrong with any of these animals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/46.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD shall be in the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/46.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The prince must offer to the LORD six lambs that have no defects and one ram that has no defects as a burnt offering on the day of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/46.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />On the Sabbath the prince is to bring to the LORD, as sacrifices to be burned whole, six lambs and one ram, all without any defects. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/46.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"'The burnt offering that the Regent Prince is to present to the LORD on the Sabbath day is to consist of six lambs without defect, a ram without defect, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/46.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/46.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the LORD on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/46.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to the LORD shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/46.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer to the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/46.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Yahweh shall be on the Sabbath day, six lambs without defect and a ram without defect; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/46.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the burnt-offering that the prince brings near to YHWH on the day of rest [is] six lambs, perfect ones, and a ram, a perfect one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/46.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the burnt-offering that the prince bringeth near to Jehovah on the day of rest is six lambs, perfect ones, and a ram, a perfect one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/46.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the burnt-offering which the prince shall bring near to Jehovah in the day of the Sabbath, six blameless lambs, and a blameless ram.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/46.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the holocaust that the prince shall offer to the Lord on the sabbath day, shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/46.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now this holocaust, which the prince shall offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day, shall be six immaculate lambs, and one immaculate ram.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/46.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The burnt offerings which the prince sacrifices to the LORD on the sabbath shall consist of six unblemished lambs and an unblemished ram,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/46.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The burnt offering that the prince offers to the LORD on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/46.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the burnt offerings that the high priest shall offer before the LORD on the sabbath day, shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/46.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And burning peace offerings that the Ruler brings before LORD JEHOVAH on the day of the Sabbath: six lambs without a flaw in them, and a ram without a flaw in it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/46.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD shall be in the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/46.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the prince shall offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord on the sabbath-day, six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=14083" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/46.htm">The Prince's Offerings</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: wə·hā·‘ō·lāh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">The burnt offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5387.htm" title="5387: han·nā·śî (Art:: N-ms) -- Or nasi'; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, i.e. A king or sheik; also a rising mist.">the prince</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: yaq·riḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">presents</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: haš·šab·bāṯ (Art:: N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">on the Sabbath</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: šiš·šāh (Number-ms) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">shall be six</a> <a href="/hebrew/8549.htm" title="8549: tə·mî·mim (Adj-mp) -- Complete, sound. From tamam; entire; also integrity, truth.">unblemished</a> <a href="/hebrew/3532.htm" title="3532: ḵə·ḇā·śîm (N-mp) -- A lamb. From an unused root meaning to dominate; a ram.">male lambs</a> <a href="/hebrew/8549.htm" title="8549: tā·mîm (Adj-ms) -- Complete, sound. From tamam; entire; also integrity, truth.">and an unblemished</a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: wə·’a·yil (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">ram.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8</a></span><br />For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-9.htm">Numbers 28:9-10</a></span><br />On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering. / This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a></span><br />Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-23.htm">Isaiah 66:23</a></span><br />From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Nehemiah 10:33</a></span><br />for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-4.htm">2 Chronicles 2:4</a></span><br />Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-31.htm">1 Chronicles 23:31</a></span><br />Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-15.htm">2 Kings 16:15</a></span><br />Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5</a></span><br />asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-1.htm">Psalm 92:1-3</a></span><br />A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, / to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night / with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-5.htm">Matthew 12:5</a></span><br />Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a></span><br />Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-16.htm">Luke 4:16</a></span><br />Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Acts 20:7</a></span><br />On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a></span><br />There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer to the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/45-17.htm">Ezekiel 45:17</a></b></br> And it shall be the prince's part <i>to give</i> burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/28-9.htm">Numbers 28:9,10</a></b></br> And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour <i>for</i> a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/45-23.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-18.htm">Defect</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-23.htm">Male</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-18.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-24.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Offers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-6.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-18.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-24.htm">Ram</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-8.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-22.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-1.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/psalms/92-1.htm">Sabbath-Day</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-24.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-1.htm">Six</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/46-6.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-12.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-12.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-6.htm">Defect</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-5.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-6.htm">Male</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-6.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-6.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-12.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-5.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Offers</a> <a href="/daniel/4-17.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-6.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-8.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-5.htm">Ram</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-23.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-8.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-12.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-12.htm">Sabbath-Day</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-5.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-6.htm">Six</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 46</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/46-1.htm">Ordinances for the prince in his worship</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/46-9.htm">and for the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/46-16.htm">An order for the prince's inheritance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/46-19.htm">The courts for boiling and baking</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "prince" refers to a leader or ruler, possibly a messianic figure, who has a role in temple worship. The Sabbath is a covenant sign between God and Israel, emphasizing rest and holiness (<a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13-17</a>). The offering signifies dedication and atonement, reflecting the importance of maintaining a relationship with God through sacrifice. This practice aligns with the broader Levitical system of offerings (Leviticus 1-7).<p><b>shall be six unblemished male lambs</b><br>The number six may symbolize incompleteness or preparation, as seven often represents completion in biblical numerology. The requirement for "unblemished" lambs underscores the need for purity and perfection in offerings to God, prefiguring Christ as the Lamb of God without blemish (<a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a>). Lambs were common sacrificial animals, representing innocence and submission, and were integral to various offerings and feasts, including Passover (<a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a>).<p><b>and an unblemished ram</b><br>The inclusion of a ram, also unblemished, adds significance to the offering. Rams were used in consecration and atonement rituals (<a href="/leviticus/8-22.htm">Leviticus 8:22-29</a>), symbolizing strength and leadership. The ram's sacrifice complements the lambs, providing a fuller expression of devotion and atonement. This mirrors the substitutionary aspect of Christ's sacrifice, as seen in the story of Abraham and Isaac, where a ram was provided as a substitute (<a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is known for his visions and prophecies concerning the restoration of Israel and the temple.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_prince.htm">The Prince</a></b><br>In Ezekiel's vision, the prince is a leader who has specific duties in temple worship, symbolizing leadership and responsibility in spiritual matters.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sabbath.htm">The Sabbath</a></b><br>A holy day of rest and worship, the Sabbath is central to Jewish religious life, symbolizing God's creation rest and covenant with Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The setting for this offering, the temple represents God's presence among His people and the center of worship and sacrifice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_offerings.htm">Sacrificial Offerings</a></b><br>The lambs and ram offered are part of the sacrificial system, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_worship.htm">The Role of Leadership in Worship</a></b><br>The prince's responsibility to offer sacrifices underscores the importance of leadership in guiding and maintaining worship practices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_sabbath.htm">The Significance of the Sabbath</a></b><br>Observing the Sabbath is a reminder of God's creation and His covenant, encouraging believers to set aside time for rest and worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_symbolism_of_sacrifices.htm">The Symbolism of Sacrifices</a></b><br>The unblemished lambs and ram symbolize purity and dedication, pointing to the need for holiness in our offerings to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_fulfillment_of_sacrifices.htm">Christ as the Fulfillment of Sacrifices</a></b><br>The sacrificial system foreshadows Christ's ultimate sacrifice, encouraging believers to find rest and redemption in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consistency_in_worship.htm">Consistency in Worship</a></b><br>Regular offerings on the Sabbath highlight the importance of consistent and faithful worship practices in the life of a believer.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_46.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 46</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ezekiel_46_and_other_texts_align.htm">Ezekiel 46:4-8 prescribes animal sacrifices long after the exile; how does this align with other texts that emphasize altered religious practices or question the necessity of sacrifices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_prince's_temple_duties.htm">Ezekiel 46:2-3 outlines rituals for a 'prince' in the temple; why is there no clear historical or archaeological evidence of a ruler fulfilling these specific temple duties?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_was_the_gate's_timing_maintained.htm">Ezekiel 46:1-2 describes a gate that remains shut during the six working days but opens on the Sabbath; how could such consistent timing be maintained with ancient technology and calendars?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_wasn't_ezekiel's_temple_built.htm">The entire vision of Ezekiel 46 describes a seemingly ideal temple setup; if it was truly God-ordained, why is there no record of it being constructed either in biblical or extra-biblical sources?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/46.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Six lambs . . . and a ram.--</span>The burnt offering for the Sabbath, according to the Mosaic law (<a href="/numbers/28-9.htm" title="And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:">Numbers 28:9</a>), was two lambs. This is greatly increased here, and the "meat offering" for the ram is also made larger, while that for the lambs (<a href="/ezekiel/46-5.htm" title="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.">Ezekiel 46:5</a>) is left to the prince's generosity.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/46.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 4, 5</span> describe the sacrifices the prince should offer unto the Lord on the sabbaths. <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> A burnt offering of <span class="cmt_word">six lambs and a ram</span>, all without blemish. The Mosaic Law, or so-called priests' code, demanded two yearling lambs (<a href="/numbers/28-9.htm">Numbers 28:9</a>). <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> A meat offering, consisting of <span class="cmt_word">an ephah</span> of fine flour for a ram, and for the lambs <span class="cmt_word">as he shall be able to give</span>; literally, <span class="accented">a gift of his</span> hand - not a handful, but, as ver. 7 explains, what his hand can attain unto (comp. <a href="/leviticus/14-31.htm">Leviticus 14:31</a>; <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Leviticus 25:26</a>), <span class="accented">i.e. as</span> much as he can, with a hin of oil to an ephah, for which again the Law required two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil (<a href="/numbers/28-9.htm">Numbers 28:9</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The burnt offering</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָ֣עֹלָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ō·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the prince</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנָּשִׂ֖יא</span> <span class="translit">(han·nā·śî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5387.htm">Strong's 5387: </a> </span><span class="str2">An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist</span><br /><br /><span class="word">presents</span><br /><span class="heb">יַקְרִ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(yaq·riḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽיהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the Sabbath</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šab·bāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intermission, the Sabbath</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[shall] [be] six</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁשָּׁ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(šiš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> </span><span class="str2">Six (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unblemished</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּמִימִ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(tə·mî·mim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8549.htm">Strong's 8549: </a> </span><span class="str2">Entire, integrity, truth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male lambs</span><br /><span class="heb">כְבָשִׂ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·ḇā·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3532.htm">Strong's 3532: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lamb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and an unblemished</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(tā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8549.htm">Strong's 8549: </a> </span><span class="str2">Entire, integrity, truth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ram.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַ֥יִל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’a·yil)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Ezekiel 46:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/46-4.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 46:4 The burnt offering that the prince shall (Ezek. 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