1Thus 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. 2And 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. 3Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. 4And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. 5And 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.46.5 as he…: Heb. the gift of his hand 6And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. 7And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 8And 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.
9¶ But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out 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 over against it. 10And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. 11And 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. 12Now 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. 13Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.46.13 of the…: Heb. a son of his year46.13 every…: Heb. morning by morning 14And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. 15Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.
16¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance. 17But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them. 18Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
19¶ After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. 20Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. 21Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.46.21 in every…: Heb. a court in a corner of a court, and a court in a corner of a court 22In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.46.22 joined: or, made with chimneys46.22 corners were…: Heb. cornered, etc 23And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. 24Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
1Gud Herren siger: „Østporten i den indre forgård skal holdes lukket på ugens seks arbejdsdage, men på sabbatsdagen og under nymånefesterne skal den være åben. 2Regenten skal gå hen til portkompleksets forhal og stille sig i portåbningen. Mens præsten ofrer hans brændoffer og takoffer, skal han bøje sig ned og tilbede Herren i indgangspartiet. Derefter skal han vende om og gå samme vej tilbage. Porten skal holdes åben indtil aften. 3På sabbatsdagen og under nymånefesterne skal de, der er kommet for at tilbede Herren, stille sig op ved østporten.
4Det brændoffer, som regenten skal ofre til Herren på sabbatsdagen, skal bestå af seks lam og en vædder, alle uden fysiske defekter. 5Sammen med vædderen skal han bringe et afgrødeoffer på 20 liter mel. Sammen med lammene kan han ofre så meget mel, han ønsker. For hver 20 liter mel skal der være 4 liter olivenolie. 6På nymånedagen skal han ofre en ung tyr, seks lam og en vædder, alle uden fysiske skavanker. 7Sammen med tyren skal han bringe 20 liter mel som afgrødeoffer. Det samme gælder for vædderen, men sammen med lammene kan han ofre så meget mel, han vil. For hver 20 liter mel skal der være 4 liter olivenolie. 8Når regenten kommer til templet, skal han gå hen til den indre forgårds østport og opholde sig i forhallen, og han skal gå ud samme vej. 9Men når folket kommer i stort tal for at tilbede Herren under de store årlige fester, skal de, der går ind gennem nordporten til den ydre forgård, gå ud gennem sydporten, og de, der kommer ind gennem sydporten, skal gå ud gennem nordporten. De må ikke gå ud den samme vej, de kom ind, men de skal bruge den modsatte port. 10Regenten skal gå ind og gå ud sammen med folket.
11Ved de store, årlige fester skal regenten ofre 20 liter mel sammen med hver tyr og hver vædder. For lammenes vedkommende kan han ofre så meget, han ønsker. For hver 20 liter mel skal der være 4 liter olivenolie. 12Når regenten bringer særlige, frivillige brændofre og takofre til Herren, skal østporten ind til den indre forgård åbnes, og dyrene skal ofres på samme måde som på sabbatsdagen. Derpå skal han vende om og gå tilbage ad samme vej, han kom ind, og porten skal lukkes, lige så snart hans ofring er forbi.
13Hver morgen skal der ofres et etårs lam uden defekter som brændoffer til Herren. 14-15Der skal også bringes et afgrødeoffer på 4 liter fint mel og en liter46,14-15 På hebraisk: en sjettedel efa mel og en tredjedel hin olie. olivenolie til at blande i melet. Denne ordning skal gælde i al fremtid: Hver morgen skal der ofres et lam og et afgrødeoffer med olivenolie.”
16Gud Herren siger: „Hvis regenten forærer et stykke af sin jord til en af sine sønner, skal jordstykket for altid tilhøre sønnen og hans efterkommere. 17Men hvis han forærer et stykke jord til en af sine tjenere, må tjeneren kun råde over jorden indtil frigivelsesåret. Derefter skal jorden atter tilhøre regenten. Kun de gaver, som regenten giver sine egne sønner, skal forblive i sønnernes eje. 18En regent må aldrig tiltvinge sig andres ejendom. Hvis han vil forære sine sønner noget jord, skal det tages af hans egen jord. Ingen i mit folk må tvinges bort fra deres ejendom.”
19Derefter førte manden mig hen til indgangen til præsternes værelser i den nordlige del af den ydre forgård. Indgangen lå vest for den nordlige port ind til den indre forgård. Han viste mig det område, som lå mellem vestmuren og bygningen med værelserne 20og sagde til mig: „Her kan præsterne koge kødet fra skyldofrene og syndofrene og bage brød af melet fra afgrødeofrene, så de ikke skal bære de hellige offergaver tværs over den ydre forgård og risikere, at folket kommer i nærheden af det hellige.”
21-22Derpå førte han mig rundt i den ydre forgård. I hvert af forgårdens fire hjørner var der et indhegnet rum, som var 20 m langt og 15 m bredt. De var alle lige store. 23Hele vejen rundt langs muren var der ligesom en hylde af sten med ildsteder foran på jorden. 24Han forklarede mig, at disse køkkenrum skulle tempeltjenerne bruge, når de kogte kødet fra folkets slagtofre.
