Ezekiel 46:1-2

The Prince’s Offerings

46:1 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east ¹  will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened. 46:2 The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.

Ezekiel 46:8

46:8 When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way.

Ezekiel 44:3

44:3 Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal ²  before the Lord; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way.”

[46:1]  ¹ sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).

[44:3]  ² tn Heb “to eat bread.”