Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 46:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one…” at Ezekiel 46:12 as part of “Festival Flow and Daily Offerings Prevent Disorder.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 46:9–15
Read Ezekiel 46:12 with 46:9–15. By itself, “Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Worshipers enter by one gate and leave by the opposite, the prince moves among them, festival quantities scale with means, and a perpetual morning offering is required.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 46:9–15 — Festival Flow and Daily Offerings Prevent DisorderSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 46:9–15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 46:9–15
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