Ezekiel 46:8
What does Ezekiel 46:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 46:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And when the ruler comes in, he is to go in through the covered way of the doorway, and he is to go out by the same way.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And in the coming in of the prince, the way of the porch of the gate he cometh in, and by its way he goeth out.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when the prince is to go in, let him go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and let him go out the same way.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And when the prince cometh in, he shall come in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go out by the way thereof.
Context
v.7and he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
v.8This passage
v.9But when the people of the land shall come before Jehovah in the appointed feasts, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth straight before him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 44:1
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
- Ezekiel 46:2
And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
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