The Prince and the Festivals
1 The Sovereign Lord says, “The east gateway to the inner courtyard must be kept closed during the six working days, but it is to be opened on the Sabbath and at the New Moon Festival. 2 The ruling prince will go from the outer courtyard into the entrance room of the gateway and stand beside the posts of the gate while the priests burn his sacrifices whole and offer his fellowship offerings. There at the gate he must worship and then go back out. The gate must not be shut until evening. 3 Each Sabbath and each New Moon Festival all the people are also to bow down and worship the Lord in front of the gate. 4 On the Sabbath the prince is to bring to the Lord, as sacrifices to be burned whole, six lambs and one ram, all without any defects. 5 With each ram he is to bring an offering of half a bushel of grain, and with each lamb he is to bring whatever he wants to give. For each half-bushel of grain offering he is to bring three quarts of olive oil. 6 At the New Moon Festival he will offer a young bull, six lambs, and a ram, all without any defects. 7 With each bull and each ram the offering is to be half a bushel of grain, and with each lamb the offering is to be whatever the prince wants to give. Three quarts of olive oil are to be offered with each half-bushel of grain. 8 The prince must leave the entrance room of the gateway and go out by the same way he went in.
9 “When the people come to worship the Lord at any festival, those who enter by the north gate are to leave by the south gate after they have worshiped, and those who enter by the south gate are to leave by the north gate. No one may go out by the same way he entered, but must leave by the opposite gate. 10 The prince is to come in when the people come, and leave when they leave. 11 On the feast days and at the festivals the grain offering will be half a bushel with each bull or ram, and whatever the worshiper wants to give with each lamb. Three quarts of olive oil are to be offered with each half-bushel of grain.
12 “When the ruling prince wants to make a voluntary offering to the Lord, either an offering to be burned whole or a fellowship offering, the east gate to the inner courtyard will be opened for him. He is to make the offering in the same way he does on the Sabbath, and the gate is to be closed after he goes back out.”
The Daily Offering
13 The Lord says, “Every morning a one-year-old lamb without any defects is to be burned whole as an offering to the Lord. This offering must be made every day. 14 Also an offering of five pounds of flour is to be made every morning, along with one quart of olive oil for mixing with the flour. The rules for this offering to the Lord are to be in force forever. 15 The lamb, the flour, and the olive oil are to be offered to the Lord every morning forever.”
The Prince and the Land
16 The Sovereign Lord commands: “If the ruling prince gives any of the land he owns to one of his sons as a present, it will belong to that son as a part of his family property. 17 But if the ruling prince gives any of his land to anyone who is in his service, it will become the prince's property again when the Year of Restoration comes. It belongs to him, and only he and his sons can own it permanently. 18 The ruling prince must not take any of the people's property away from them. Any land he gives to his sons must be from the land that is assigned to him, so that he will not oppress any of my people by taking their land.”
The Temple Kitchens
19 Then the man took me to the entrance of the rooms facing north near the gate on the south side of the inner courtyard. These are holy rooms for the priests. He pointed out a place on the west side of the rooms 20 and said, “This is the place where the priests are to boil the meat offered as sacrifices for sin or as repayment offerings, and to bake the offerings of flour, so that nothing holy is carried to the outer courtyard, where it might harm the people.”
21-22 Then he led me to the outer courtyard and showed me that in each of its four corners there was a smaller courtyard, 68 feet long and 48 feet wide. 23 Each one had a stone wall around it, with fireplaces built against the wall. 24 The man told me, “These are the kitchens where the Temple servants are to boil the sacrifices the people offer.”
1 Tā saka Dievs Tas Kungs: iekšējā pagalma vārti, kas pret rītiem, lai ir sešas darba dienas aizvērti, bet svētajā dienā un jauna mēness dienā tos būs atvērt. 2 Kad valdnieks ienāk no ārienes pa vārtu priekštelpām un nostājas pie vārtu staba, tad priesteriem būs upurēt viņa dedzināmo upuri un viņa pateicības upuri. Un, kad viņš pie vārtu sliekšņa ir pabeidzis savu pielūgšanu un atkal iziet, tad vārtiem jāpaliek atvērtiem līdz vakaram. 3 Arī zemes tautai būs pielūgt To Kungu pie šo vārtu ieejas sabatā un jauna mēness dienās. 4 Dedzināmais upuris, ko valdnieks nes sabatā Tam Kungam, lai ir seši jēri bez vainas un viens auns, kas arī ir bez vainas. 5 Un kā viņa ēdamais upuris lai ir viena ēfa miltu no katra auna, bet no jēriem - cik viņa roka dod labprātīgi, un no eļļas viens hins par katru ēfu. 6 Un jauna mēness dienā viņam jāupurē viens jauns vērsis, seši jēri un viens auns, visi bez vainas, 7 turklāt vēl kā ēdamais upuris no katra vērša un no katra auna viena ēfa miltu, un no jēriem, cik viņa roka dod labprātīgi, un no eļļas viens hins par katru ēfu. 8 Kad valdnieks ierodas, tam jāieiet pa vārtu priekštelpām un pa to pašu ceļu jāaiziet. 9 Bet, kad zemes tauta nāk Tā Kunga priekšā Viņu pielūgt svētkos, tad tiem, kas iegājuši pa ziemeļu vārtiem, būs iziet pa dienvidu vārtiem, un, kas iegājuši pa dienvidu vārtiem, tiem būs iziet pa ziemeļu vārtiem. Tiem nebūs iziet pa tiem pašiem vārtiem, pa kuriem tie iegājuši, bet tiem būs iziet pa pretējiem vārtiem. 10 Valdniekam būs kopā ar viņiem ieiet; un, kad tie iziet, viņam būs ar tiem kopā arī iziet. 11 Bet svētkos un svētku sapulcēs ēdamais upuris lai ir viena ēfa miltu no katra vērša un no katra auna, bet no jēriem - cik devēja roka dod labprātīgi; no eļļas viens hins par katru ēfu. 12 Bet, kad valdnieks upurē labprātīgi dedzināmo vai pateicības upuri, tad viņam jāatver rītu puses vārti; un viņam būs upurēt savu dedzināmo upuri un savu pateicības upuri, kā viņš to paradis darīt sabatā, un, kad viņš aiziet, vārtus būs aizvērt. 13 Un viņam būs Tam Kungam ik dienas upurēt kā dedzināmo upuri vienu gadu vecu jēru, kas bez vainas; ik rītus to viņam būs upurēt. 14 Un turklāt kā ēdamo upuri atnest ik rītus sesto ēfas daļu miltu un trešo hina daļu eļļas miltu iejaukšanai Tam Kungam par ēdamo upuri; tas ir mūžīgs likums, dienu no dienas. 15 Tā jums būs nest ik rītus jēru, ēdamo upuri un eļļu kā nemitīgu dedzināmo upuri. 16 Tā saka Dievs Tas Kungs: kad valdnieks dod kādam no saviem dēliem dāvanu no sava īpašuma, tad tā lai pieder viņa dēliem kā mantojams īpašums. 17 Bet, kad viņš dod kādam no saviem kalpiem dāvanu no sava īpašuma, tad tā lai tam pieder līdz gadam, kad tas atgūst brīvību, un tad valdnieks to lai saņem atpakaļ; tikai valdnieka dēliem paliek tā par īpašumu. 18 No tautas īpašuma valdniekam nekā nebūs ņemt, tam nebūs atņemt tautas mantu. Savu īpašumu viņš var atstāt saviem dēliem kā mantojumu, bet neviens no Manas tautas lai nezaudē savu īpašumu." 19 Tad viņš veda mani pa kādu ieeju vārtu sānu sienā priesteru svētajās telpās, kas bija uz ziemeļu pusi. Un redzi, tur bija pašā dibena stūrī viena telpa uz vakaru pusi. 20 Un viņš man sacīja: "Šī ir tā vieta, kur priesteriem būs vārīt nozieguma un grēku upurus un cept ēdamo upuri, lai tiem tas nebūtu jānes ārējā pagalmā, ar ko tie tad varētu piešķirt svētību arī tautai." 21 Tad viņš mani veda ārējā pagalmā un vadāja mani apkārt pa visiem četriem pagalma stūriem, un redzi, ikkatra pagalma stūrī bija atkal mazs pagalms. 22 Visos četros pagalma stūros bija atdalīti pagalmi četrdesmit olekšu garumā un trīsdesmit olekšu platumā, un visi četri bija vienāda lieluma. 23 Ap visiem četriem visapkārt bija mūris, un apakšā pie mūra sienas bija ierīkoti ugunskuri. 24 Un viņš man sacīja: "Šie ir tie ugunskuri, kur nama kalpiem būs vārīt tautas kaujamos upurus."
