Ezekiel 46 · Verse 12

Ezekiel 46:12

Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
Ezekiel 46:12, King James Version

Ezekiel 46:12 in other translations

BSBWhen the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
WEBWhen the prince prepares a free will offering, a burnt offering or peace offerings as a free will offering to the LORD, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out; and after his going out one shall shut the gate.
ASVAnd when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
YLTAnd when the prince maketh a free-will burnt-offering, or free-will peace-offerings, to Jehovah, then he hath opened for himself the gate that is looking eastward, and he hath made his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings as he doth in the day of rest, and he hath gone out, and he hath shut the gate after his going out.
DARBYAnd when the prince shall offer a voluntary burnt-offering or voluntary peace-offerings unto Jehovah, the gate that looketh toward the east shall be opened for him and he shall offer his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings as he did on the sabbath-day, and he shall go out again, and the gate shall be shut after he hath gone out.
BBEAnd when the ruler makes a free offering, a burned offering or a peace-offering freely given to the Lord, the doorway looking to the east is to be made open for him, and he is to make his burned offering and his peace-offerings as he does on the Sabbath day: and he will go out; and the door will be shut after he has gone out.
WebsterNow when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt-offering or peace-offerings voluntarily to the LORD, one shall then open to him the gate that looketh towards the east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he did on the sabbath-day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

What does Ezekiel 46:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 46:12-15
12-15. Not only is he to perform official acts of worship on holy days and feasts, but in "voluntary" offerings daily he is to show his individual zeal, surpassing all his people in liberality, and so setting them a princely example.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Ezekiel 46:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכִֽי\־ve.khi-and ifH3588
יַעֲשֶׂה֩ya.'a.Sehhe will provideH6213
הַנָּשִׂ֨יאha.na.Si'the princeH5387
נְדָבָ֜הne.da.Vaha freewill offeringH5071
עוֹלָ֣הo.Laha burnt offeringH5930
אֽוֹ\־'ov-orH176
שְׁלָמִים֮she.la.Mimpeace offeringsH8002
נְדָבָ֣הne.da.Vaha freewill offeringH5071
לַֽיהוָה֒la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
וּפָ֣תַֽחu.Fa.tachand someone will openH6605
ל֗וֹlofor him
אֶת'et<obj.>H853
הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179
הַפֹּנֶ֣הha.po.Nehwhich facesH6437
קָדִ֔יםka.DimeastH6921
וְעָשָׂ֤הve.'a.Sahand he will offerH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֹֽלָתוֹ֙o.la.Toburnt offering hisH5930
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שְׁלָמָ֔יוshe.la.Mavpeace offerings hisH8002
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
יַעֲשֶׂ֖הya.'a.Sehhe will offerH6213
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon [the] day ofH3117
הַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.Batthe sabbathH7676
וְיָצָ֛אve.ya.Tza'and he will go outH3318
וְסָגַ֥רve.sa.Garand someone will shutH5462
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַשַּׁ֖עַרha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179
אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
צֵאתֽוֹ\׃tze.Tohas gone out heH3318

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 46:12

  • Ezekiel 46:1-2

    Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that 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.

  • Ezekiel 45:17

    And it shall be the prince’s part to give 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.

  • Ezekiel 44:3

    It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

  • Ezekiel 46:8

    And 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.

  • Leviticus 23:38

    Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:31

    Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

  • 1 Kings 3:4

    And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

  • Ezra 3:5

    And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:21

    And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

  • Leviticus 1:3

    If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.

  • Leviticus 7:16

    But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:

  • Ezra 1:4

    And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a voluntary.
Le 1:3; 23:38; Nu 29:39; 1Ki 3:4; 1Ch 29:21; 2Ch 5:6; 7:5-7; 29:31
Ezr 1:4; 3:5; 6:17; Ro 12:1; Eph 5:2
open him.
1,2,8; 44:3
as he did.
45:17

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Context

  • Ezekiel 46:11

    And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

  • Ezekiel 46:12

    Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

  • Ezekiel 46:13

    Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.

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Ezekiel 46:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas cuando el príncipe libremente hiciere holocausto ó pacíficos á Jehová, abriránle la puerta que mira al oriente, y hará su holocausto y sus pacíficos, como hace en el día del sábado: después saldrá; y cerrarán la puerta después que saliere.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais si le prince offre un holocauste volontaire, ou des sacrifices volontaires de prospérités à l’ Éternel, on lui ouvrira la porte qui regarde vers l’orient; et il offrira son holocauste et ses sacrifices de prospérités, comme il fait le jour du sabbat; puis il sortira, et on fermera la porte après qu’il sera sorti.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn der Fürst ein freiwilliges Brandopfer oder freiwillige Friedensopfer dem Jehova opfern will, so soll man ihm das Tor öffnen, welches gegen Osten sieht; und er soll sein Brandopfer und seine Friedensopfer opfern, gleichwie er am Sabbathtage tut; und wenn er hinausgeht, so soll man das Tor verschließen, nachdem er hinausgegangen ist. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum autem fecerit princeps spontaneum holocaustum, aut pacifica voluntaria Domino, aperietur ei porta quæ respicit ad orientem, et faciet holocaustum suum et pacifica sua, sicut fieri solet in die sabbati: et egredietur, claudeturque porta postquam exierit.