1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. 4 And 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. 5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. 7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
9 ¶ But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it. 10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. 11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 12 Now 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. 13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. 14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. 15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.
16 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance. 17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them. 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
19 ¶ After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. 20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. 21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. 22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure. 23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. 24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
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 bez vainas 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 bez vainas 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 noteiktās svētku reizēs 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.”
