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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

UHezekile 46:12

12 Xa sithe isikhulu samenzela uYehova idini elinyukayo ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo, nokuba yimibingelelo yoxolo ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo, malivulwe isango elibheke empumalanga, silungiselele idini laso elinyukayo, nemibingelelo yaso yoxolo, njengoko silungiselelayo ngomhla wesabatha; siphume ke; balivale isango emva kokuphuma kwaso.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Temple;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lamb;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Prince;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Priests and Levites;   Voluntary;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Free-Will Offering;   Kittseer, Michael;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a voluntary: Leviticus 1:3, Leviticus 23:38, Numbers 29:39, 1 Kings 3:4, 1 Chronicles 29:21, 2 Chronicles 5:6, 2 Chronicles 7:5-7, 2 Chronicles 29:31, Ezra 1:4, Ezra 3:5, Ezra 6:17, Romans 12:1, Ephesians 5:2

open him: Ezekiel 46:1, Ezekiel 46:2, Ezekiel 46:8, Ezekiel 44:3

as he did: Ezekiel 45:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:16 - a voluntary Leviticus 19:5 - a sacrifice 2 Kings 16:15 - the king's burnt 2 Chronicles 31:3 - the king's Ezekiel 40:6 - unto Ezekiel 46:5 - the meat

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering, or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord,.... That is, on week days, distinct from sabbath days, new moons, feasts, and solemnities, of which before; and seems to have respect to week day lectures, in distinction from the weekly and monthly stated times, for the ministry of the word and administration of the Lord's supper; in which lectures the principal thing insisted on must be the atoning sacrifice of Christ, and peace and reconciliation made by his blood; for the Gospel, which is to be preached in season and out of season, is the ministry of reconciliation, or the word preaching peace by Jesus Christ; and which should at all times be held forth, to the faith of God's people; which is meant by the preparation of these offerings: and being voluntary ones show not only that Christ's sacrifice was a willing one, and offered without any reluctance, with all readiness and cheerfulness; but also that week day lectures are voluntary things, which men are not under necessary obligation to attend unto, either ministers or people, but is a matter of free choice, as their circumstances will admit; and yet are acceptable to God, and agreeable to the will of Christ, the Prince, said to prepare these free will offerings:

one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east: the place where he stood and worshipped on the sabbath day; on the evening of which it was shut, and remained so the six days of the week,

Ezekiel 46:1 only when it was the prince's pleasure to offer a sacrifice, or to have the word preached, it was opened by one of the porters of the gates; or there was an open exercise of the ministry of the word, by one of the preachers of it:

and he shall prepare his burnt offerings, and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day; the same doctrine, respecting the sacrifice and satisfaction of Christ, must be delivered at such times, as on Lord's days:

then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate; on the sabbath day, or the Lord's day, it was not to be shut till the evening, because that day is wholly to be devoted to the service of God; men are not to find their own ways, nor do their own work, nor seek their own pleasure; but on week days, when the lecture is over, the gate is shut immediately, and persons may return to their worldly business directly.


 
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