EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - SIX. PROPHET - DATE JONAH(825-785BC)? JOEL(800BC)? HOSEA(785-725BC)?...

EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - SIX

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (825-785BC)?

JOEL (800BC)?

HOSEA (785-725BC)?

MICAH (785-710BC)?

AMOS (784BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (700BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?

JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?

DANIEL (606-534BC)?

HABAKKUK (598BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

OBADIAH (588-562BC)?

EZRA (536-456BC)?

HAGGAI (532-512BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?

ESTHER (485-465BC)?

NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?

MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

CYRUS (559-529BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

THE MANNER OF WORSHIP V. 1-15

THE PRINCE AND INHERITANCE LAWS V. 16-18

HOW THE OFFERINGS WERE PREPARED V. 19-24

READ: EZEKIEL 46:1-2

THE MANNER OF WORSHIP

1 Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the East shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

2 The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 46:1-2

THE MANNER OF WORSHIP 1 Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the East shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened. 2 The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.

WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING THE EAST GATE?WHO IS THE PRINCE? HIGH PRIEST?

HOW SHOULD THE PRINCE ENTER?WHAT SHOULD THE PRIESTS PREPARE?

WHAT SHOULD THE PRINCE DO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 46:1

1 Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the East shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING THE EAST GATE?‘The gateway of the inner court’

‘That faces toward the East’‘Shall be shut the six working days’

BUT‘On the Sabbath it shall be opened’

AND‘On the day of the New Moon it shall be opened’



READ: EZEKIEL 44:1-21 He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces toward the East, but it was shut. 2 The LORD said to me, ‘This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the LORD God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut. NKJV

WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING THE EAST GATE?‘This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened

‘No man shall enter by it’BECAUSE

‘The LORD God of Israel has entered by it’THEREFORE

‘It shall be shut’


WHO IS THE PRINCE? HIGH PRIEST?

HOW SHOULD THE PRINCE ENTER?‘The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the

’gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost’

WHAT SHOULD THE PRIESTS PREPARE?

‘The priests shall prepare his burnt offering’and his peace offerings.

WHAT SHOULD THE PRINCE DO?‘He shall worship at the threshold of the gate’

Then he shall go out, But the gate shall not be shut until evening’


WHO IS THE PRINCE? HIGH PRIEST?

WHAT SHOULD THE PRINCE DO?‘The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the

’gateway from the outside’‘He shall stand by the gatepost’

‘He shall worship at the threshold of the gate’

WHAT DID SOLOMON DO?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 6:12-14

WHAT DID JOSIAH DO?READ: 2 KINGS 23:2-3


READ: 2 CHRONICLES 6:12-1412 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands 13 Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven; (1 KINGS 8:22)

WHAT DID SOLOMON DO?‘He made a bronze platform’

‘He set it in the midst of the court’‘He stood on it before the altar of the LORD’‘In the presence of all the assembly of Israel’

‘And spread out his toward heaven’


READ: 2 KINGS 23:2-32 The king went up to the house of the LORD with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem — the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of the LORD. 3 The king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant. NKJV

WHAT DID JOSIAH DO?‘The king went up to the house of the LORD’

‘He stood by a pillar and read in their hearing’‘All the words of the Book of the Covenant’



3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the LORD on the Sabbaths and the New Moons.

4 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;

5 and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah.



4 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;

5 and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah.

WHERE SHOULD THE PEOPLE WORSHIP THE LORD?

WHEN? HOW? WHY ON THE NEW MOONS?

WHO IS THE PRINCE? KING?

WHAT OFFERINGS SHOULD HE BRING?



WHEN SHOULD THE PEOPLE WORSHIP THE LORD?‘on the Sabbaths and the New Moons’

NEW MOON - first day of the month - the lunar month

WHY ON THE NEW MOONS?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?

READ: NUMBERS 10:1010 In the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God. NKJV




WHY ON THE NEW MOONS?

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?

READ: PSALMS 81:3-43 Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,At the full moon, on our solemn feast day. 4 This is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob. NKJV





WHAT DID THE SHUNAMITE WOMAN’S HUSBAND SAY?

READ: 2 KINGS 4:22-2322 She called to her husband, and said, ‘Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come back.’ 23 He said, ‘Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.’ NKJV


WHAT WERE DAVID AND JONATHAN TALKING ABOUT?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 20:55 David said to Jonathan, ‘Indeed tomorrow is the New Moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in the field until the third day at evening.’ NKJV

READ: 1 SAMUEL 20:1818 Jonathan said to David, ‘Tomorrow is the New Moon ; and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.’ NKJV

READ: 1 SAMUEL 20:2424 David hid in the field. And when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast. NKJV





WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL? WHY?READ: ISAIAH 1:13-14

13 Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies: I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. 14 Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. NKJV





WHAT DID HOSEA SAY CONCERNING ISRAEL?

READ: HOSEA 5:77 They have dealt treacherously with the LORD, For they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage. NKJV





WHAT DID THE MERCHANTS SAY?

READ: AMOS 8:55 When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit, NKJV





WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISAIAH?

READ: ISAIAH 66:2323 ‘And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,’ says the LORD.





WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CHURCH AT COLOSSE?

READ: COLOSSIANS 2:16-1716 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. NKJV


THE MANNER OF WORSHIP 4 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; 5 and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah.

WHO IS THIS PRINCE? HIGH PRIEST?

WHAT SHOULD HE OFFER ON THE SABBATH?‘a burnt offering of 6 lambs and 1 ram’ ‘a grain offering of 1 ephah for a ram’

‘and a grain offering for the lambs’‘as much as he wants to give’‘a hin of oil with every ephah’


WHO IS THIS PRINCE? HIGH PRIEST?WHAT SHOULD HE OFFER ON THE SABBATH?

‘a burnt offering of 6 lambs and 1 ram’ ‘a grain offering of 1 ephah for a ram’

‘and a grain offering for the lambs’‘as much as he wants to give’‘a hin of oil with every ephah’

READ: NUMBERS 28:99 On the Sabbath day two lambs in their first year, without blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering

WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OFFER ON THE SABBATH?‘two lambs and 2/10 of an ephah of fine flour’



6 On the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish.

7 He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.


6 On the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish. 7 He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.

WHO IS THIS PRINCE? HIGH PRIEST?

WHAT DID HE OFFER ON THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON?‘1 young bull, 6 lambs and 1 ram all without blemish’

‘a grain offering of 1 ephah for a bull, 1 ephah for a ram’‘and as much as he wants to give for the lambs’

‘and a hin of oil with every ephah’


6 On the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish.

WHAT SHOULD THEY OFFER ON THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON?‘1 young bull, 6 lambs and 1 ram all without blemish’

NEW MOON = BEGINNING OF THE MONTH

READ: NUMBERS 10:1010 In the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God. NKJV



8 When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.

9 But when the people of the land come before the LORD on the appointed feast days, whoever enters by way of the North gate to worship shall go out by way of the South gate; and whoever enters by way of the South gate shall go out by way of the North gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate.


THE MANNER OF WORSHIP 8 When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way. 9 But when the people of the land come before the LORD on the appointed feast days, whoever enters by way of the North gate to worship shall go out by way of the South gate; and whoever enters by way of the South gate shall go out by way of the North gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate.

HOW SHOULD THE PRINCE ENTER/EXIT THE TEMPLE?

WHEN SHOULD THEY COME BEFORE THE LORD?

HOW SHOULD THEY ENTER/EXIT THE TEMPLE?


8 When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.

HOW SHOULD THE PRINCE ENTER/EXIT THE TEMPLE?

READ: EZEKIEL 44:33 As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway and go out the same way. NKJV

‘He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway’‘He shall go out the same way’


9 But when the people of the land come before the LORD on the appointed feast days, whoever enters by way of the North gate to worship shall go out by way of the South gate; and whoever enters by way of the South gate shall go out by way of the North gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate.

WHEN SHOULD THEY COME BEFORE THE LORD?‘on the appointed feast days’

HOW SHOULD THEY ENTER/EXIT THE TEMPLE?‘If they enter by way of the North gate’

‘Then they shall go out by way of the South gate’‘If they enter by way of the South gate’

‘Then they shall go out by way of the North gate’‘They shall not return by way in which they entered’

‘They shall go out through the opposite gate’


9 But when the people of the land come before the LORD on the appointed feast days,

WHEN SHOULD THEY COME BEFORE THE LORD?‘on the appointed feast days’

READ: EXODUS 23:14-16Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year:

You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread the Feast of Harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering.

WHAT FEAST DAYS SHOULD THEY KEEP?‘the Feast of Unleavened Bread’

‘the Feast of Harvest and the Feast of Ingathering’



10 The prince shall then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out.

11 At the festivals and the appointed feast days the grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.



10 The prince shall then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out.


WHO IS THIS PRINCE? KING? HIGH PRIESST?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THE PRINCE?

WHEN SHOULD THE PRINCE BE IN THEIR MIDST?


‘The prince shall then be in their midst’‘When they go in, he shall go in’

‘When they go out, he shall go out’

WHO IS THIS PRINCE? KING? HIGH PRIEST?READ: JEREMIAH 30:21

21 ‘Their nobles shall be from among them, And their governor shall come from their midst; Then I will cause him to draw near, And he shall approach Me; For who is this who pledged his heart to approach Me?'

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?‘Their nobles shall be from among them’

‘Their governor shall come from their midst’‘I will cause him to draw near, And he shall approach Me’

‘This is he who pledged his heart to approach Me'




WHO IS THIS PRINCE? KING? HIGH PRIEST?READ: 2 SAMUEL 6:14-15

14 David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. 15 David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. NKJV

WHAT DID DAVID DO?‘David danced before the LORD with all his might’

‘David was wearing a linen ephod’ ‘David and all the house of Israel’‘Brought up the ark of the LORD’




WHO IS THIS PRINCE? KING? HIGH PRIEST?READ: PSALMS 42:4

4 I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. NKJV

WHAT DID DAVID REMEMBER?‘I used to go with the multitude’

I went with them to the house of God’‘With the voice of joy and praise’

‘With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast’



WHO IS THIS PRINCE? KING? HIGH PRIEST?

WHEN SHOULD THE PRINCE BE IN THEIR MIDST?At the festivals and the appointed feast days

WHAT SHOULD HE OFFER?‘The grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull’

‘An ephah for a ram’‘As much as he wants to give for the lambs’

‘A hin of oil with every ephah’

READ: EZEKIEL 46:12


12 Now when the prince makes a voluntary burnt offering or voluntary peace offering to the LORD, the gate that faces toward the east shall then be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he goes out the gate shall be shut.



12 Now when the prince makes a voluntary burnt offering or voluntary peace offering to the LORD, the gate that faces toward the east shall then be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he goes out the gate shall be shut.

HOW IS THIS PRINCE? KING? HIGH PREIST?

WHAT OFFERING IS THE PRINCE MAKING?

HOW SHOULD THE PRINCE ENTER THE TEMPLE?

HOW SHOULD HE PREPARE HIS OFFERING?

HOW SHOULD HE EXIT THE TEMPLE?


WHO IS THIS PRINCE? KING? HIGH PREIST?

WHAT OFFERING IS THE PRINCE MAKING?‘a voluntary burnt offering or voluntary peace offering’

HOW SHOULD THE PRINCE ENTER THE TEMPLE?‘The East gate shall be opened for him’

HOW SHOULD HE PREPARE HIS OFFERING?‘As he did on the Sabbath day’

HOW SHOULD HE EXIT THE TEMPLE?‘He shall go out the East gate’

‘Then the East gate shall be shut’



READ: LEVITICUS 7:16-1716 If the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice; But on the next day the remainder of it also may be eaten; 17 the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire. NKJV

WHAT GOD SAY ABOUT THE VOLUNTARY OFFERNG?

‘If his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering’‘It shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice’

BUT‘The next day the remainder of it also may be eaten’



READ: EZEKIEL 45:1717 It shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths, and at all the appointed seasons of the house of Israel. He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.NKJV

WHAT OFFERINGS SHOULD THE PRINCE MAKE?‘Burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings’

‘At the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths’‘At all the appointed seasons of the house of Israel’‘He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering’

‘the burnt offering and the peace offerings’To make atonement for the house of Israel’



13 You shall daily make a burnt offering to the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it every morning.

14 And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the LORD.

15 Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a regular burnt offering every morning.’


THE MANNER OF WORSHIP 13 You shall daily make a burnt offering to the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it every morning. 14 And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the LORD. 15 Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a regular burnt offering every morning.’

WHAT SHOULD THEY OFFER EVERY MORNING?

HOW SHOULD THEY PREPARE IT?


WHAT SHOULD THEY OFFER EVERY MORNING?

‘You shall daily make a burnt offering to the LORD’‘A lamb of the first year without blemish’

‘You shall prepare it every morning’

‘You shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning’‘A sixth of an ephah’

‘A third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour’‘This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance’

‘To be made regularly to the LORD’

‘They shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering’‘and the oil, as a regular burnt offering every morning’


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?READ: EXODUS 29:38-40

38 This is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 39 One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight. 40 With the one lamb shall be one-tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering. NKJV

WHAT SHOULD THEY OFFER EVERY MORNING?‘One lamb you shall offer in the morning‘

HOW SHOULD THEY PREPARE IT?‘With the one lamb shall be 1/10 of an ephah of flour’

‘mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil’‘and 1/4 of a hin of wine as a drink offering’


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?READ: NUMBERS 28:3-5

3 'This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering. 4 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, the other lamb you shall offer in the evening, 5 and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil.

WHAT SHOULD THEY OFFER EVERY MORNING?‘One lamb you shall offer in the morning‘

HOW SHOULD THEY PREPARE IT?‘With 1/10 of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering’

‘mixed with 1/4 of a hin of pressed oil’


THE PRINCE AND INHERITANCE LAWS

16 Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.

17 But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs.


THE PRINCE AND INHERITANCE LAWS 16 Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. 17 But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs.

WHAT DID THE PRINCE GIVE TO HIS SONS?WHY SHOULD IT REMAIN THEIR POSSESSON?

WHAT DID THE PRINCE GIVE TO HIS SERVANTS?WHY SHOULD THE GIFT RETURN TO HIS SONS?

WHAT IS THE YEAR OF LIBERTY? Year of Jubilee?


WHAT DID THE PRINCE GIVE TO HIS SONS?

‘If the prince gives gift of some of his inheritance’

‘To any of his sons. It shall belong to his sons’

WHY SHOULD IT REMAIN THEIR POSSESSON?

‘It is their possession by inheritance’

REMEMBER WHAT NABOTH SAID TO AHAB?

READ: 1 KINGS 21:3

3 ‘The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!’ NKJV


READ: 2 CHRONICLES 21:1-31 Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place. 2 He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azaryahu, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 3 Their father gave them great gifts of silver and gold and precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn. NKJV

WHAT DID JEHOSHAPHAT GIVE TO HIS SONS?‘Great gifts of silver and gold and precious things’

BUT ‘He gave the kingdom to Jehoram’BECAUSE ‘He was the firstborn’


17 But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs.

WHAT DID THE PRINCE GIVE TO HIS SERVANT?‘a gift of some of his inheritance’

HOW LONG WOULD IT REMAIN HIS POSSESSION?‘it shall be his until the year of liberty’

WHY SHOULD THE GIFT RETURN TO HIS SONS?‘His inheritance shall belong to his sons’



WHY SHOULD THE GIFT RETURN TO HIS SONS?‘His inheritance shall belong to his sons’


READ: LEVITICUS 25:1010 You shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. NKJV

READ: LEVITICUS 25:1313 In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 46:18

THE PRINCE AND INHERITANCE LAWS

18 Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property.’


THE PRINCE AND INHERITANCE LAWS 18 Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property.’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PRINCES?

‘The prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance’ ‘By evicting them from their property’

‘He shall provide an inheritance for his sons’‘From his own property’

SO THAT‘None of My people shall be scattered from his property’




‘None of My people shall be scattered from his property’

READ: LEVITICUS 25:23-2423 The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; You are strangers and sojourners with Me.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?‘The land shall not be sold permanently’

BECAUSE ‘the land is Mine’‘You are strangers and sojourners with Me’





READ: 1 SAMUEL 8:1414 He will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEIR KING?‘He will take the best of your fields’

‘your vineyards, and your olive groves’‘He will give them to his servants’





READ: EZEKIEL 45:88 The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes. NKJV

WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING THEIR PRINCES?‘My princes shall no more oppress My people’

‘They shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel’





READ: MICAH 2:22 They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PRINCES?‘They covet fields and take them by violence’

‘They covet houses and seize them’‘They oppress a man and his house’

‘They oppress a man and his inheritance’


HOW THE OFFERINGS WERE PREPARED

19 Now he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests which face toward the north; and there a place was situated at their extreme western end.

20 And he said to me, ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer court to sanctify the people.’



19 Now he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests which face toward the North; and there a place was situated at their extreme Western end.

20 And he said to me, ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer court to sanctify the people.’

WHERE DID THE LORD TAKE EZEKIEL?

WHAT SHOULD THE PRIEST DO IN THIS PLACE?



19 Now he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests which face toward the North; and there a place was situated at their extreme Western end.


‘He brought me into the holy chambers of the priests’ ‘Which face toward the North’

‘To a place situated at the West end of the North wall’


WHERE DID THE LORD TAKE EZEKIEL?‘He brought me into the holy chambers of the priests’

‘Which face toward the North’‘To a place situated at the West end of the North wall’

READ: LEVITICUS 6:2525 This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the LORD. It is most holy. NKJV

WHERE SHOULD THE SIN OFFERING BE KILLED?‘In the place which is most holy’

‘The sin offering shall be killed before the LORD’


‘He brought me into the holy chambers of the priests’ ‘Which face toward the North’

‘To a place situated at the West end of the North wall’

READ: EZEKIEL 42:1313 The north chambers and the South chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings — the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering — for the place is holy. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE CHAMBERS?‘The north chambers and the South chambers’‘Which are opposite the separating courtyard’

‘Are the holy chambers’


HOW THE OFFERINGS WERE PREPARED 20 And he said to me, ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer court to sanctify the people.’

WHAT SHOULD THE PRIEST DO IN THIS PLACE?

‘This is the place where the priests’‘Shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering’

‘Where they shall bake the grain offering’‘They shall not bring them out into the outer court’

‘to sanctify the people’


WHAT SHOULD THE PRIEST DO IN THIS PLACE?‘This is the place where the priests’

‘Shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering’

REMEMBER HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS

READ: 1 SAMUEL 2:1313 The priests' custom with the people was that when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come with a three-pronged flesh-hook in his hand while the meat was boiling. NKJV

WHAT DID THE SERVANT OF HOPHNI & PHINEHAS DO?‘When any man offered a sacrifice’

The priest's servant would come with a three-pronged flesh-hook in his hand while the meat was boiling.


WHAT SHOULD THE PRIEST DO IN THIS PLACE?‘This is the place where the priests’

‘Shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering’

REMEMBER HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS

READ: 1 SAMUEL 2:1515 Before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, ‘Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.’ NKJV

WHAT DID THE PRIEST’S SERVANT SAY?‘Give meat for roasting to the priest

‘He will not take boiled meat from you, but raw’



21 Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in fact, in every corner of the court there was another court.

22 In the four corners of the court were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide; all four corners were the same size.






WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?

WHAT WAS THE DIMENSIONS OF THE INNER COURTS?



WHERE DID THE LORD TAKE EZEKIEL?‘He brought me out into the outer court’

‘He caused me to pass by the four corners of the court’

WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?‘In every corner of the court there was another court’




‘In the four corners of the court were enclosed courts’

WHAT WAS THE DIMENSIONS OF THE INNER COURTS?

‘40 cubits long and 30 cubits wide’

’60 feet long and 45 feet wide’

‘All four corners were the same size’



23 There was a row of building stones all around in them, all around the four of them; and cooking hearths were made under the rows of stones all around.

24 And he said to me, ‘These are the kitchens where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people.’ NKJV


23 There was a row of building stones all around in them, all around the four of them; and cooking hearths were made under the rows of stones all around. 24 And he said to me, ‘These are the kitchens where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people.’ NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY THESE WERE?


23 There was a row of building stones all around in them, all around the four of them; and cooking hearths were made under the rows of stones all around.


‘There was a row of building stones all around in them’‘All around the four of them’

‘Cooking hearths were made’‘Under the rows of stones all around’


24 And he said to me, ‘These are the kitchens where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people.’ NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY THESE WERE?

‘Kitchens where the ministers of the temple’‘Shall boil the sacrifices of the people’

TEMPLE IN EZEKIEL’S VISION

K – COOKING CHAMBERS

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