Ezekiel 46:8
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New International Version (©2011)
When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"The prince must enter the gateway through the entry room, and he must leave the same way.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When the prince enters, he shall enter by the vestibule of the gate, and he shall go out by the same way.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the porch of the gate and go out by the same way.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When the prince enters, he must go in by way of the gate's portico and go out the same way."

International Standard Version (©2012)
"'The Regent Prince is to enter through the portico of the gate and is to leave the same way he came in.

NET Bible (©2006)
When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When the prince enters, he must enter through the entrance hall of the gateway. He must enter and leave the same way.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go out by the same way.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
And 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.

Darby Bible Translation
And 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.

English Revised Version
And 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 of it.

World English Bible
When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by its way.

Young's Literal Translation
'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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

46:1-24 The ordinances of worship for the prince and for the people, are here described, and the gifts the prince may bestow on his sons and servants. Our Lord has directed us to do many duties, but he has also left many things to our choice, that those who delight in his commandments may abound therein to his glory, without entangling their own consciences, or prescribing rules unfit for others; but we must never omit our daily worship, nor neglect to apply the sacrifice of the Lamb of God to our souls, for pardon, peace, and salvation.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8 begins an ordinance relative to the mode of conducting worship at the appointed festivals (ver. 9; comp. Ezekiel 36:38; Ezekiel 45:17; Leviticus 23:2; Hosea 12:9), by indicating first how the prince should enter and depart from the temple. According to Kliefoth and Keil, the prince's entrance and departure should be by the way of the porch of the outer, according to Hengstenberg, Smend, and Currey, of the inner, east gate (see on ver. 2).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate,.... See Gill on Ezekiel 46:2;

and he shall go forth by the way thereof; the same way he came in, he shall go out; not so the people; and, to introduce the manner of their going in and out, this is repeated concerning the prince.

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The Prince's Offerings
…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 to, 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. 9But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that enters in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that enters 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. …

Ezekiel 44:3 The prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He is to enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way."
Ezekiel 46:2 The 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.