Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 46:4 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 4. 4And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be…” at Ezekiel 46:4 as part of “Sabbath and New-Moon Gate Worship Orders Prince and People.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 46:1–8
Read Ezekiel 46:4 with 46:1–8. By itself, “And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The inner east gate opens on Sabbaths and new moons; the prince worships at the threshold, priests prepare offerings, people worship at the entrance, and quantities are regulated.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 46:1–8 — Sabbath and New-Moon Gate Worship Orders Prince and PeopleSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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 46:1–8, 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 46:1–8
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