Various Laws for the Ruler and the People
1 The Lord said:
The east gate of the inner courtyard must remain closed during the six working days of each week. But on the Sabbath and on the first day of the month, this gate will be opened. 2 Israel's ruler will go from the outer courtyard into the entrance room of this gate and stand in the doorway while the priest offers sacrifices to ask my blessing and sacrifices to please me. The ruler will bow with his face to the ground to show that he has worshiped me. Then he will leave, and the gate will remain open until evening.
3 Each Sabbath and on the first day of each month, the people of Israel must also come to the east gate and worship me. 4 On the Sabbath, the ruler will bring six lambs and one ram to be offered as sacrifices to please me. There must be nothing wrong with any of these animals. 5 With the ram, he is to offer nine kilograms of grain, and with each of the lambs, he can offer as much as he wants. He must also offer three liters of olive oil with every nine kilograms of grain.
6 The ruler is to bring six lambs, a bull, and a ram to be offered as sacrifices at the New Moon Festival. There must be nothing wrong with any of these animals. 7 With the bull and the ram, he is to offer nine kilograms of grain, and with each of the lambs, he can offer as much as he wants. He must also offer three liters of olive oil with every nine kilograms of grain. 8 The ruler must come through the entrance room of the east gate and leave the same way.
9 When my people come to worship me during any festival, they must always leave by the opposite gate from which they came: Those who come in the north gate must leave by the south gate, and those who come in the south gate must leave by the north gate. 10 Their ruler will come in at the same time they do and leave at the same time they leave.
11 At all other festivals and celebrations, nine kilograms of grain will be offered with a bull, and nine kilograms will be offered with a ram. The worshipers can offer as much grain as they want with each lamb. Three liters of olive oil must be offered with every nine kilograms of grain.
12 If the ruler voluntarily offers a sacrifice to please me or to ask my blessing, the east gate of the inner courtyard will be opened for him. He will offer his sacrifices just as he does on each Sabbath; then he will leave, and the gate will be closed.
13 Each morning a year-old lamb that has nothing wrong with it must be offered as a sacrifice to please me. 14 Along with it, two kilograms of fine flour mixed with a liter of olive oil must be offered as a grain sacrifice. This law will never change— 15 the lamb, the flour, and the olive oil will be offered to me every morning for all time.
Laws about the Ruler's Land
16 The Lord God said:
If the ruler of Israel gives some of his land to one of his children, it will belong to the ruler's child as part of the family property. 17 But if the ruler gives some of his land to one of his servants, the land will belong to the servant until the Year of Celebration, when it will be returned to the ruler. Only the ruler's children can keep what is given to them.
18 The ruler must never abuse my people by taking land from them. Any land he gives his children must already belong to him.
The Sacred Kitchens
19 The man who was showing me the temple then took me back to the inner courtyard. We walked to the south side of the courtyard and stopped at the door to the sacred rooms that belonged to the priests. He showed me more rooms at the western edge of the courtyard 20 and said, “These are the kitchens where the priests must boil the meat to be offered as sacrifices to make things right and as sacrifices for sin. They will also bake the grain for sacrifices in these kitchens. That way, these sacred offerings won't have to be carried through the outer courtyard, where someone could accidentally touch them and be harmed.”
21 We went back to the outer courtyard and walked past the four corners. 22 At each corner I saw a smaller courtyard, 20 meters long and 15 meters wide. 23 Around the inside of these smaller courtyards was a low wall of stones, and against the wall were places to build fires. 24 The man said, “These are the kitchens where the temple workers will boil the meat that worshipers offer as sacrifices.”
Valdnieka upuris
1 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: iekšpagalma vārti, kas pret austrumiem, lai sešas darba dienas stāv aizvērti, bet sabatā un jauna mēness dienās tiem jābūt atvērtiem. 2 Valdniekam jāienāk pa lieveņa vārtiem un jānostājas pie vārtu stabiem. Priesteri lai upurē viņa sadedzināmo un miera upuri, viņš pats lai zemojas pie vārtu sliekšņa un tad iet ārā, bet vārtus lai neaizver līdz vakaram. 3 Sabatos un jaunā mēnesī ļaudis lai vārtos zemojas Kungam.
4 Sadedzināmais upuris, ko valdnieks sabatos upurē Kungam, ir: seši jēri un auns bez vainas 5 un viena ēfa labības dāvanas pie auna, bet pie jēriem labības dāvana lai ir tāda, cik grib, un viens hīns eļļas pie ēfas. 6 Jauna mēness dienā jādod jauns vērsis bez vainas, seši jēri un auns bez vainas, 7 un lai dod labības dāvanu – vienu ēfu miltu pie vērša un vienu ēfu pie auna, bet pie jēriem – cik var un vēl vienu hīnu eļļas pie ēfas. 8 Valdniekam jānāk pa lieveņa vārtiem un jāaiziet pa to pašu ceļu.
9 Kad noteiktajos svētkos ļaudis nāk pie Kunga, tad tiem, kuri ienāk pa Ziemeļu vārtiem zemoties, jāiziet ārā pa Dienvidu vārtiem, un tiem, kuri ienāk pa Dienvidu vārtiem, jāiziet pa Ziemeļu vārtiem. Neviens lai neiet ārā pa tiem vārtiem, pa kuriem ienācis, bet pa pretējiem vārtiem. 10 Lai valdnieks iet ar tiem reizē, un, kad tie iet ārā, lai arī viņš iet ārā. 11 Svētkos un noteiktajās sanāksmēs labības dāvana lai ir viena ēfa miltu pie vērša un viena ēfa pie auna, pie jēriem – cik grib, un hīns eļļas pie ēfas.
12 Ja valdnieks labprātīgi pienes sadedzināmo vai miera upuri Kungam, tad lai viņš atver Austrumu vārtus un upurē sadedzināmo un miera upuri, kā viņš to dara sabata dienās. Kad viņš iet prom, lai aizver vārtus aiz sevis. 13 Viņam katru dienu – ik rītu – jāupurē par sadedzināmo upuri Kungam gadu vecs jērs bez vainas, 14 un ik rītu viņam jāpienes labības dāvana Kungam – sestdaļa ēfas miltu un trešdaļa hīna eļļas, ar ko aplaistīt miltus. Tas ir mūžīgs un neatceļams likums! 15 Ik rītu upurim jāpienes jērs, labības dāvana un eļļa.
16 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: ja valdnieks kādam no saviem dēliem dod dāvanu, tad tā lai paliek viņa dēlam par mantojumu, 17 bet, ja valdnieks dāvanu dod kādam no saviem vergiem, tad lai tā viņam ir īpašumā līdz brīvlaišanas gadam, pēc tam lai dod atpakaļ valdniekam, jo viņa īpašums drīkst piederēt viņa dēliem. 18 Valdnieks lai neņem neko no ļaužu īpašuma, lai neatņem tiem viņu mantojumu. Saviem dēliem lai viņš dod mantojumu no sava īpašuma – maniem ļaudīm lai neatņem viņu mantojumu!”
Vietas, kur sagatavot upura gaļu
19 Pa ieeju, kas blakus Ziemeļu vārtiem, viņš mani ieveda priesteru svētajās istabās un rādīja man kādu vietu rietumu galā, 20 un teica man: “Šī ir tā vieta, kur priesteri vārīs vainas un grēka upura gaļu un ceps labības dāvanu – lai to nenes ārējā pagalmā un nesvēta ar to ļaudis.”
21 Viņš mani izveda ārējā pagalmā un veda mani uz visiem četriem pagalma stūriem, un redzi – katrā pagalma stūrī bija vēl viens pagalms. 22 Četros pagalma stūros bija noslēgti pagalmi, četrdesmit olekšu gari un trīsdesmit plati, visi četri stūra pagalmi bija viena lieluma. 23 Visiem četriem visapkārt bija akmens sēta, un visapkārt sētai bija vietas pavardiem. 24 Viņš man teica: “Šie ir pavardu nami, kur tempļa kalpotājiem vārīt tautas kaujamos upurus.”
