1“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court facing east is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it is to be opened. 2The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening. 3On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of that gateway. 4The burnt offering the prince brings to the Lord on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect. 5The grain offering given with the ram is to be an ephah,46:5 That is, probably about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms; also in verses 7 and 11 and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin46:5 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters; also in verses 7 and 11 of olive oil for each ephah. 6On the day of the New Moon he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect. 7He is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin of oil for each ephah. 8When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.
9“ ‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed festivals, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which they entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate. 10The prince is to be among them, going in when they go in and going out when they go out. 11At the feasts and the appointed festivals, the grain offering is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as he pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.
12“ ‘When the prince provides a freewill offering to the Lord—whether a burnt offering or fellowship offerings—the gate facing east is to be opened for him. He shall offer his burnt offering or his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate will be shut.
13“ ‘Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the Lord; morning by morning you shall provide it. 14You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah46:14 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms with a third of a hin46:14 That is, about 1 1/2 quarts or about 1.3 liters of oil to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the Lord is a lasting ordinance. 15So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be provided morning by morning for a regular burnt offering.
16“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: If the prince makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance. 17If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs. 18The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that not one of my people will be separated from their property.’ ”
19Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north, which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end. 20He said to me, “This is the place where the priests are to cook the guilt offering and the sin offering46:20 Or purification offering and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating the people.”
21He then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw in each corner another court. 22In the four corners of the outer court were enclosed46:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide;46:22 That is, about 70 feet long and 53 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 16 meters wide each of the courts in the four corners was the same size. 23Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with places for fire built all around under the ledge. 24He said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple are to cook the sacrifices of the people.”
君王与节期
1“主耶和华说，‘圣殿内院的东门在平时工作的六日内都要关闭，只在安息日和朔日才打开。 2在这些日子，君王要从东门穿过门廊通道进入内院，站在门框旁边。祭司要为他献燔祭和平安祭。他在入口的门槛那里敬拜，然后离去。这门要到晚上才关闭。 3在安息日和朔日，以色列人要站在这门口敬拜耶和华。 4君王在安息日献给耶和华的燔祭应是羊羔六只、公绵羊一只，都要毫无残疾。 5至于同献的素祭，一只公绵羊要同献十公斤细面粉，与羊羔同献的素祭则可随意奉献。每十公斤细面粉要加四升油。 6要在朔日献公牛犊一头、羊羔六只、公绵羊一只，都要毫无残疾。 7他也要预备素祭，每一头公牛犊要同献十公斤细面粉，公绵羊也是一样。与羊羔同献的素祭则可随意奉献。每十公斤细面粉要加四升油。 8君王从门廊进去，也要从原路出来。
9“‘以色列人在节期进去敬拜耶和华的时候，从北门进去的要从南门出来，从南门进去的要从北门出来。谁都不可回头从进去的门出来，必须从对面的门出来。 10在这些节期君王应和百姓一同进殿敬拜，百姓离开的时候，君王也要一同离开。
11“‘每逢节期和特定的圣会，要有与祭牲同献的素祭，每头公牛献十公斤细面粉，公绵羊也是一样，与羊羔同献的素祭则可以随意奉献。每十公斤细面粉要加四升油。 12倘若君王自愿向耶和华献燔祭或平安祭，便要为他打开东门。他献的燔祭或平安祭要与安息日所献的一样。他献完后就从东门出去，门也跟着关闭。
13“‘每天早晨，你们要献给耶和华一只毫无残疾的一岁羊羔为燔祭， 14同献的素祭是一点七公斤细面粉，调上一点三升油。献给耶和华的这种素祭是永久不变的律例。 15所以，每天早晨都要预备羊羔、素祭和油，作为日常献的燔祭。
16“‘主耶和华说，如果君王把一部分产业赐给他儿子，这产业便归了他儿子，由他儿子的后代继承。 17如果君王把一部分产业赐给他的仆人，他的仆人在得到自由之前可以拥有这产业，到他自由的那年46:17 “自由的那年”即“禧年”，参见利未记25:8-17。，这份产业仍要归还给君王，因为君王的产业只能由他的后代继承。 18君王不可驱逐百姓离开他们的土地，强夺他们的产业。他必须把自己拥有的产业赐给儿子，免得我的子民四散，失去自己的产业。’”
19然后，那人领我从大门旁边的入口来到圣所北面的祭司圣屋，让我看圣屋西边的地方。 20他对我说：“这是祭司煮赎过祭牲、赎罪祭牲和烤素祭的地方。他们在这里烤煮，免得把圣肉带到外院，以致把圣洁传到百姓身上。”
21他又领我到外院，巡察外院的四个角落。我看见院中每个角落都有一个小庭院， 22每个庭院的四周都有围墙，长二十米，宽十五米，四角的庭院大小都一样。 23每个庭院的墙周围都有一排石屋，屋里有炉灶。 24他对我说：“这是圣殿的仆役替百姓煮祭物的地方。”
