Ezekiel 46:8 When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.

◄ Ezekiel 46:8 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.

English Standard Version
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
"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
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
When the prince enters, he must go in by way of the gate's portico and go out the same way."

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

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.

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.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. The prince is to go through the east gate without (open on the Sabbath only, to mark its peculiar sanctity) to the entrance of the gate of the inner court; he is to go no further, but "stand by the post" (compare 1Ki 8:14, 22, Solomon standing before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the congregation; also 2Ki 11:14; 23:3, "by a pillar": the customary place), the court within belonging exclusively to the priests. There, as representative of the people, in a peculiarly near relation to God, he is to present his offerings to Jehovah, while at a greater distance, the people are to stand worshipping at the outer gate of the same entrance. The offerings on Sabbaths are larger than those of the Mosaic law, to imply that the worship of God is to be conducted by the prince and people in a more munificent spirit of self-sacrificing liberality than formerly.