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Contemporary English Version

Ezekiel 45:22

On the first day, the ruler will bring a bull to offer as a sacrifice for his sins and for the sins of the people.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - King;   Passover;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Preparation ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Prince;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement, Day of;   Ezekiel;   King;   Passover;   Priests and Levites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
On that day the prince will provide a bull as a sin offering on behalf of himself and all the people of the land.
Hebrew Names Version
On that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin-offering.
King James Version
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
English Standard Version
On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering.
New American Standard Bible
"On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a bull as a sin offering.
New Century Version
On that day the ruler must offer a bull for himself and for all the people of the land as a sin offering.
Amplified Bible
"On that day the prince shall provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And vpon that day, shal the prince prepare for him selfe, and for all the people of the lande, a bullocke for a sinne offring.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.
Legacy Standard Bible
And on that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.
Berean Standard Bible
On that day the prince shall provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.
Complete Jewish Bible
On that day the prince will provide, for himself and for all the people of the land, a young bull as a sin offering.
Darby Translation
And upon that day shall the prince offer for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin-offering.
Easy-to-Read Version
At that time the ruler will offer a bull for himself and for all the people of Israel. The bull will be for a sin offering.
George Lamsa Translation
And on that day the high priest shall offer on behalf of himself and on behalf of all the people of the land, a bullock for a sin offering.
Good News Translation
On the first day of the festival the ruling prince must offer a bull as a sacrifice for his sins and for those of all the people.
Lexham English Bible
And the prince shall provide on that day for himself and for all of the people of the land a bull as a sin offering.
Literal Translation
And the prince shall make ready on that day for himself and for the people of the land, a bull for a sin offering.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vpon the same daye shal ye prynce geue for himself and all the people of the londe, a bullocke for a synoffringe.
American Standard Version
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin-offering.
Bible in Basic English
And on that day the ruler is to give for himself and for all the people of the land an ox for a sin-offering.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin-offering.
King James Version (1611)
And vpon that day shall the prince prepare for himselfe, and for all the people of the land, a bullocke for a sinne offering.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Upon the same day shal the prince prepare for him selfe and all the people of the lande a bullocke for a sinne offring.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the prince shall offer it that day a calf for a sin-offering for himself, and the house, and for all the people of the land.
English Revised Version
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
World English Bible
On that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin-offering.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the prince schal make a calf for synne in that dai, for hym silf and for al the puple of the lond.
Update Bible Version
And on that day the prince shall prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin-offering.
Webster's Bible Translation
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock [for] a sin-offering.
New English Translation
On that day the prince will provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.
New King James Version
And on that day the prince shall prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.
New Living Translation
On the day of Passover the prince will provide a young bull as a sin offering for himself and the people of Israel.
New Life Bible
On that day the ruler is to bring a bull as a sin gift for himself and all the people of the land.
New Revised Standard
On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
therefore shall the prince offer, on that day, for himself, and for all the people of the land, - a bullock as a sin-bearer;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the prince on that day shall offer for himself, and for all the people of the land, a calf for sin.
Revised Standard Version
On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering.
Young's Literal Translation
And the prince hath prepared on that day, for himself, and for all the people of the land, a bullock, a sin-offering.
THE MESSAGE
"‘On Passover, the prince supplies a bull as a sin offering for himself and all the people of the country. Each day for each of the seven days of the feast, he will supply seven bulls and seven rams unblemished as a burnt offering to God , and also each day a male goat.

Contextual Overview

13 Leaders of Israel, the people must bring you one sixtieth of their grain harvests as offerings to me. 14 They will also bring one percent of their olive oil. These things will be measured according to the bath, and ten baths is the same as one homer or one cor. 15 Finally, they must bring one sheep out of every two hundred from their flocks. These offerings will be used as grain sacrifices, as well as sacrifices to please me and those to ask my blessing. I, the Lord , will be pleased with these sacrifices and will forgive the sins of my people. 16 The people of Israel will bring you these offerings. 17 But during New Moon Festivals, Sabbath celebrations, and other religious feasts, you leaders will be responsible for providing animals for the sacrifices, as well as the grain and wine. All these will be used for the sacrifices for sin, the grain sacrifices, the sacrifices to please me, and those to ask my blessing. I will be pleased and will forgive the sins of my people. 18 The Lord God said: On the first day of the first month, a young bull that has nothing wrong with it must be offered as a sacrifice to purify the temple. 19 The priest will take some blood from this sacrifice and smear it on the doorposts of the temple, as well as on the four corners of the altar and on the doorposts of the gates that lead into the inner courtyard. 20 The same ceremony must also be done on the seventh day of the month, so that anyone who sins accidentally or without knowing it will be forgiven, and so that my temple will remain holy. 21 Beginning on the fourteenth day of the first month, and continuing for seven days, everyone will celebrate Passover and eat bread made without yeast. 22 On the first day, the ruler will bring a bull to offer as a sacrifice for his sins and for the sins of the people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the prince: Matthew 20:28, Matthew 26:26-28

bullock: Leviticus 4:14, 2 Corinthians 5:21

Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:5 - General Ezekiel 44:3 - the prince

Cross-References

Genesis 43:34
They were served food from Joseph's table, and Benjamin was given five times as much as each of the others. So Joseph's brothers drank with him and had a good time.
Genesis 45:22
Joseph gave some new clothes to each of his brothers, but to Benjamin he gave five new outfits and three hundred pieces of silver.
Genesis 45:23
To his father he sent ten donkeys loaded with the best things in Egypt, and ten other donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for the return trip.
Judges 14:12
Samson told the thirty young men, "This party will last for seven days. Let's make a bet: I'll tell you a riddle, and if you can tell me the right answer before the party is over, I'll give each one of you a shirt and a full change of clothing.
Judges 14:19
Then the Lord 's Spirit took control of Samson. He went to Ashkelon, where he killed thirty men and took their clothing. Samson then gave it to the thirty young men at Timnah and stormed back home to his own family.
2 Kings 5:5
the king replied, "Go ahead! I will give you a letter to take to the king of Israel." Naaman left and took along seven hundred fifty pounds of silver, one hundred fifty pounds of gold, and ten new outfits.
Revelation 6:11
Then each of those who had been killed was given a white robe and told to rest for a little while. They had to wait until the complete number of the Lord's other servants and followers would be killed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And upon that day,.... The fourteenth day of the month Nisan; the first day of the passover, as Kimchi observes:

shall the prince prepare for himself, and for all the people of the land, a bullock for a sin offering; here everything again is new, as the above Jewish writer observes; no one circumstance according to the law of Moses; which shows that this respects Gospel times; when the law would be null and void, the types and shadows gone, and the antitype take place, Christ the sum of all; under the law, every family was to prepare a lamb for themselves; but here the prince is to prepare for himself, and all the people of the land; by that it was to be a lamb, here a bullock, and that for a sin offering; whereas not a bullock, but a goat, was used for a sin offering. Christ himself is this Prince, and who has prepared himself a sacrifice, even for himself, his church, which is mystically himself; and to make atonement for all those sins which he took upon himself by imputation, and made his own; even for all his chosen people, and for all their sins: of his preparing this sacrifice, both to be offered up, and to be held forth in the ministry of the word, :-, and who is very fitly represented by a bullock for his labouriousness and strength, in bearing the sins of his people, when he became an offering for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This order of certain solemn services does not follow exactly the order of Moses, of Solomon, or of Ezra. The deviation can scarcely have been accidental, and furnishes a fresh indication that the whole vision is symbolic, representative of the times when, after the oblation of the one Sacrifice, reconciliation and sanctification were effected for man through the presence of God dwelling in the midst of the people.

Ezekiel 45:18

In the first day - If this is only a special Passover for the dedication, the prolongation of the festival may be compared with that under Solomon 2 Chronicles 7:8. But it is more probably a general ordinance, and, in this case, we have an addition to the Mosaic ritual (compare Leviticus 23:5). Here the “first day” is marked by the rites of expiation, which are repeated on the seventh day Ezekiel 45:20, for the purpose of including those who transgressed from ignorance rather than willfulness.

Ezekiel 45:23

Comparing this with the daily sacrifices of the Paschal week Numbers 28:19-24, and those of the daily sacrifices of the week of the Feast of tabernacles (see Numbers 29:12...), it will be seen that here the covenant number seven is preserved throughout to indicate a perfect, in lieu of an imperfect, covenant with God.

Ezekiel 45:25

The Feast of tabernacles (compare the marginal references). Some think that the other great festival, the Feast of Weeks, is intended.


 
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