The Prophetic Presbyterian & His Narrow Way

Other Festivals and the Prince 46  This is what the  Lord  God says. The gate into the inner courtyard which faces east must remain closed on the six work days, but on the Sabbath day it is to be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it is to be opened.  2  The prince is to enter through the vestibule of the gateway at the outer, eastern end of the gatehouse and stand by the gatepost, and the priests are to offer his burnt offering and fellowship offerings. He is to prostrate himself on the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be closed until evening.  3  The people of the land are to prostrate themselves before the  Lord  at the entrance to that gate on Sabbaths and New Moons. 4  The burnt offering that the prince is to offer to the  Lord  on the day of the Sabbath is to consist of six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish.  5  The grain offering is to be an ephah for the ram, an...

Property for the  Lord , for the Priests, and for the Prince 45  When you cast lots to divide the land as an inheritance, you are to devote a contribution to the  Lord , a holy area of the land. Its length is to be twenty-five thousand cubits and its width twenty thousand cubits. [ a ] Its entire area will be holy. 2  Within this area, a square five hundred by five hundred cubits [ b ]  is to be set aside for the sanctuary. There is also to be an open area of fifty cubits all around it. 3  From this measured area, you are to measure off a separate area which has a length of twenty-five thousand cubits and a width of ten thousand cubits. The sanctuary, the most holy place, will be in it.  4  It is to be a holy area of the land. [ c ]  It will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who draw near to serve the  Lord . It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy place for the sanctuary. 5  Also an area twenty-five...

A Vision of the New Temple [ a ] 40  In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, [ b ]  on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the  Lord  came upon me, and he brought me there.  2  In visions of God, he brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On the south side there was a structure that resembled a city.  3  When he brought me there, I saw a man who looked as if he were made of bronze. In his hand he had a linen cord and a measuring rod. He was standing by the gatehouse. 4  The man said to me, “Son of man, watch carefully, listen carefully, and pay attention to [ c ]  everything that I am about to show you, because you were brought here so that I could show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.” The Wall and Outer Gates The Wall 5  I saw a wall [ d ]  all the way around t...