Day 246 of My Second Bible Study Journey - 3 September reflections
Day 245, 2 September 2022
1)Ezekiel 44-46
Ezekiel 44
The East Gate for the Prince
1 (Eze 43:1; 40:6) Then he brought me back to the gate of the outer
sanctuary, which faces east. And it was shut.
2 (Eze 43:2-4) Then the Lord said to me: This gate shall be shut;
it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it.
Because the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it,
therefore it shall be shut.
3 (Eze 46:2; Ge 31:54; Ex 24:9-11) As for the prince, he shall sit
in it as prince to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter
by the way of the vestibule of the gate and shall go out by the same way.
4 (Eze 1:28; 3:23; 40:20) Then he brought me by the way of the north gate
before the temple. And I looked, and the glory of the Lord filled
the house of the Lord, and I fell upon my face.
5 (Eze 40:4; 43:10-11) The Lord said to me: Son of man, mark well,
and see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that
I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord
and all its laws. And mark well those who may enter the house,
with all exits of the sanctuary.
6 (Eze 3:9; 45:9) You shall say to the rebellious, even to the house
of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, let all
your abominations suffice;
7 (Lev 22:25; Ge 17:14; Lev 26:41) you brought foreigners into
My sanctuary, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh,
to be in My sanctuary to pollute it, even My house, when you offered
My food, the fat and the blood. For they have broken My covenant
because of all your abominations.
8 You have not kept the charge of My holy things. But you have set foreigners
to keep charge of My sanctuary.
9 (Eze 44:7; Joel 3:17) Thus says the Lord God: No foreigner,
uncircumcised in heart nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter
into My sanctuary, of any foreigner who is among the sons of Israel.
Laws for the Priests
10 (Eze 48:11; 2Ki 23:8-9) But the Levites who have gone far from Me
when Israel went astray, who went astray away from Me after their idols,
they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity.
11 (Nu 16:9; 2Ch 29:34) Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary,
having charge at the gates of the house and ministering to the house.
They shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people,
and they shall stand before them to minister to them.
12 (2Ki 16:10-16; Ps 106:26) Because they ministered to them before
their idols and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity,
therefore I have lifted up My hand against them, says the Lord God,
that they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity.
13 (Nu 18:3; 2Ki 23:9) They shall not come near to Me to do the office
of a priest to Me, nor to come near to any of My holy things
in the Most Holy Place. But they shall bear their shame
and their abominations which they have committed.
14 (Nu 18:4; 1Ch 23:28-32) But I will make them keepers of the charge
of the temple for all its service and for all that shall be done in it.
15 (Eze 40:46; 43:19) But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok,
who kept the charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray
from Me, they shall come near to Me to minister to Me, and they shall
stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.
16 (Eze 41:22; Nu 18:7-8) They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall
come near to My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.
17 (Rev 19:8; Ex 28:43) It shall come to pass that when they enter
at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments.
And no wool shall come upon them while they minister in the gates
of the inner court, and within.
18 They shall have linen turbans on their heads and shall have linen breeches
on their loins. They shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.
19 (Lev 6:27; Eze 46:20) When they go out into the outer court,
even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments
in which they ministered and lay them in the holy chambers,
and they shall put on other garments. And they shall not sanctify
the people with their garments.
20 (Nu 6:5)Nor shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks
to grow long. They shall only trim the hair of their heads.
21 (Lev 10:9) Nor shall any priest drink wine
when they enter the inner court.
22 (Lev 21:7; 21:13-14) Nor shall they take for their wives a widow,
nor her who has been put away. But they shall take maidens of the seed
of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.
23 (Eze 22:26; Lev 10:10-11) They shall teach My people the difference
between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern
between the unclean and the clean.
24 (1Ch 23:4; 2Ch 19:8-10) In controversy they shall stand in judgment.
And they shall judge it according to My judgments.
And they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My assemblies.
And they shall hallow My Sabbaths.
25 They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves. But for father,
or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister
that has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
26 After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.
27 (Nu 6:9-11) In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, to the inner court,
to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,
says the Lord God.
28 (Nu 18:20; Dt 10:9) It shall be to them for an inheritance.
I am their inheritance. And you shall give them no possession in Israel.
I am their possession.
29 (Nu 18:14; Lev 27:21; 27:28) They shall eat the grain offering
and the sin offering and the guilt offering. And every dedicated thing
in Israel shall be theirs.
30 (Ne 10:35-37; Ex 23:19) The first of all the first fruits of all things
and every oblation of all of every sort of your oblations shall be
the priest's. You shall also give to the priest the first of your dough
to cause a blessing to rest in your house.
31 (Lev 22:8; Ex 22:31) The priests shall not eat any bird
or beast that has died naturally or was torn to pieces.
Ezekiel 44
[1] Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary
which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
[2] Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be
opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of
Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
[3] It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before
the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go
out by the way of the same.
[4] Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I
looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and
I fell upon my face.
[5] And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine
eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the
ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well
the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
[6] And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your
abominations,
[7] In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in
heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it,
even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have
broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
[8] And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set
keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
[9] Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor
uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that
is among the children of Israel.
[10] And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went
astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even
bear their iniquity.
[11] Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates
of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt
offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them
to minister unto them.
[12] Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the
house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand
against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
[13] And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto
me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but
they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have
committed.
[14] But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the
service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
[15] But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of
my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall
come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer
unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
[16] They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my
table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
[17] And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the
inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall
come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and
within.
[18] They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen
breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing
that causeth sweat.
[19] And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court
to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered,
and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments;
and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
[20] Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow
long; they shall only poll their heads.
[21] Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner
court.
[22] Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put
away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a
widow that had a priest before.
[23] And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and
profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
[24] And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge
it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in
all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
[25] And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for
father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for
sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
[26] And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
[27] And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court,
to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the
Lord GOD.
[28] And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance:
and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
[29] They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the
trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
[30] And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation
of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall
also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the
blessing to rest in thine house.
[31] The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn,
whether it be fowl or beast.
Ezekiel 45
The Holy District
1 (Eze 48:29; Nu 34:13) Moreover, when you divide by lot the land
for inheritance, you shall offer an allotment to the Lord,
a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length of 25000 cubits,
[About 8 miles, or 13 kilometers; and in vv. 3, 5, and 6.]
and the width shall be twenty thousand. [About 6 1/2 miles, or 11 kilometers.]
It shall be holy throughout its territory all around.
2 (Eze 42:16-20) Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary,
five hundred by five hundred cubits,
[About 875 feet, or 265 meters.] with fifty cubits
[About 88 feet, or 27 meters.]
for an open space around it. 3Eze 48:10Of this measure you shall
measure the length of 25000 cubits and the width of ten thousand cubits.
[About 3 1/3 miles, or 5.3 kilometers.] And in it shall be the sanctuary,
the Most Holy Place.
4 (Nu 16:5; Eze 40:45) The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests,
the ministers of the sanctuary, who shall come near to minister to the Lord.
And it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
5 (Eze 48:13) An area 25000 cubits in length and 100000 in width shall be
for the Levites, the ministers of the temple,
and for their possession cities in which to dwell.
6 (Eze 48:15-18; 48:30-35) You shall appoint the possession of the city
5000 cubits [About 1 2/3 miles, or 2.7 kilometers.] wide and 25000 cubits
long adjacent to the allotment of the holy portion. It shall be
for the whole house of Israel.
The Portion for the Prince
7 (Eze 48:21; 34:24) A portion shall be for the prince on the one side
and on the other side of the holy allotment and property of the city,
adjacent to the holy allotment and the property of the city,
from the west side westward and from the east side eastward.
And the length shall correspond to one of the tribal portions,
from the west border to the east border.
8 (Eze 46:18; 22:27) In the land shall be his possession in Israel.
And My officials shall no more oppress My people. And the rest of the land
they shall give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Laws Governing the Prince
9 (Jer 22:3; Eze 44:6) Thus says the Lord God: Let it suffice you officials
of Israel. Remove violence and destruction,
and execute justice and righteousness. Take away your exactions
from My people, says the Lord God.
10 (Am 8:4-6; Mic 6:10-11) You shall have just balances and a just ephah
[An ephah was a dry measure of about 3/5 bushel, or 22 liters. and a just bath.
[A bath was a liquid measure of about 6 gallons, or 22 liters.
11 (Isa 5:10) The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure so that the bath
may contain the tenth part of a homer,[In dry measure, six bushels
or 220 liters; in liquid measure, 60 gallons or 220 liters.]
and the ephah the tenth part of a homer. Their measure shall be after the homer.
12 (Ex 30:13; Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47) The shekel
[A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce, or 12 grams.]
shall be twenty gerahs.Weighs 1/20 of a shekel.
Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels
shall be your mina.
[Sixty shekels equals about 1 1/2 pounds, or 690 grams.]
The common mina was 50 shekels.
13 This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah
[Likely about 6 pounds, or 2.7 kilograms.] of a homer of wheat, and you shall
give the sixth part of an ephah [Likely about 5 pounds, or 2.3 kilograms.]
of a homer of barley.
14 Concerning the ordinance of oil that is the bath of oil, you shall offer
the tenth part of a bath [About 2 1/2 quarts, or 2.2 liters.] out of the kor,
[Equals a homer in liquid measure, 60 gallons or 220 liters.] which is a homer
or ten baths, for ten baths are a homer.
15 (Lev 1:4; 6:30) And one lamb shall be out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the watering places of Israel, as a grain offering and as a burnt offering and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, says the Lord God.
16 (Ex 30:14-15; Isa 16:1) All the people of the land shall give this offering
for the prince in Israel.
17 (2Ch 31:3; Isa 66:23) It shall be the prince's part to give burnt
offerings and grain offerings and drink offerings in the feasts and in the
New Moons and in the Sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel.
He shall prepare the sin offering and the grain offering and the burnt
offering and the peace offerings,
to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
Observing the Feasts
18 (Lev 16:16; Ex 12:2) Thus says the Lord God: In the first month,
on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull
without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary.
19 (Eze 43:20; Lev 16:18-20; Eze 43:14) And the priest shall take
some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts
of the temple and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar
and on the gateposts of the inner court.
20 (Lev 16:20; Ps 19:12) So you shall do the seventh day of the month
for everyone who errs and for him who is naive.
So you shall make atonement for the temple.
21 (Lev 23:5-8) In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month,
you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days. Unleavened bread
shall be eaten.
22 (Lev 4:14) On that day the prince shall prepare for himself
and for all the people of the land a bull as a sin offering.
23 (Lev 23:8; Job 42:8) For seven days of the feast he shall prepare
a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish
daily for the seven days, and a male of the goats daily as a sin offering.
24 (Eze 46:5-7; Nu 28:12-15) He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah
for a bull and an ephah for a ram and a hin
[About 1 gallon, or 3.8 liters.] of oil for an ephah.
25 (Nu 29:12-38; Lev 23:33-43) In the seventh month, on the 15th day
of the month, he shall do the like in the feast of the seven days,
according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering,
and according to the grain offering, and according to the oil.
Ezekiel 45
[1] Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall
offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length
shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall
be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
[2] Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with
five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about
for the suburbs thereof.
[3] And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty
thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary
and the most holy place.
[4] The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of
the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall
be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
[5] And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of
breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for
themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
[6] And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and
five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy
portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
[7] And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other
side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city,
before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the
city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the
length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto
the east border.
[8] In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no
more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the
house of Israel according to their tribes.
[9] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove
violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your
exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
[10] Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. I
[11] The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may
contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an
homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
[12] And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty
shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your manneh.
[13] This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of
an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer
of barley:
[14] Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the
tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten
baths are an homer:
[15] And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat
pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for
peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.
[16] All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in
Israel.
[17] And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in
the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare
the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the
peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
[18] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the
month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the
sanctuary:
[19] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it
upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the
altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
[20] And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that
erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
[21] In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have
the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
[22] And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the
people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
[23] And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the
LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days;
and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
[24] And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an
ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
[25] In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do
the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering,
according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and
according to the oil.
Ezekiel 46
The Prince and the Feasts
1 (Isa 66:23; Ex 20:9) Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court
that faces 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 (Eze 44:3; 46:8) The prince shall enter by the way of the vestibule
of that gate from outside, 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 out.
But the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
3 (Lk 1:10) 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 (Eze 45:17; Nu 28:9-10) The burnt offering that the prince shall
offer to the Lord in the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish
and a ram without blemish.
5 (Eze 45:24; 46:7) The grain offering shall be an ephah
[Likely about 35 pounds, or 16 kilograms.] for a ram and the grain offering
for the lambs as he shall be able to give and a hin
[About 1 gallon, or 3.8 liters.] of oil to an ephah.
6 In the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish
and six lambs and a ram. They shall be without blemish.
7 (Eze 46:5) He shall prepare a grain offering, an ephah
[Likely about 35 pounds, or 16 kilograms.] for a bull and an ephah for a ram,
and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain to,
and a hin of oil to an ephah.
8 (Eze 46:2) When the prince enters, he shall go in by the way
of the vestibule of that gate, and he shall go out the same way.
9 (Ex 23:14-17; 34:23) But when the people of the land shall come
before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he who enters by the way
of the north gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate.
And he who enters by the way of the south gate shall go out by way
of the north gate. He shall not return by way of the gate
by which he entered, but shall go out the opposite gate.
10 (Ps 42:4; 1Ch 29:20) The prince shall be in their midst.
When they enter, he shall enter; and when they go out, he shall go out.
11 (Eze 46:5; 46:7) At the feasts and the appointed festivals
the grain offering shall be an ephah
[Likely about 35 pounds, or 16 kilograms.] for a bull, and an ephah for a ram,
and with the lambs as much as he is able to give, together with a hin of oil
for an ephah.
12 (Eze 45:17; 46:1-2) Now when the prince prepares a voluntary burnt
offering or voluntary peace offering to the Lord, the gate facing east
shall be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering
and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day.
Then he shall go out. And after he goes out, the gate shall be shut.
13 (Isa 50:4) You shall daily prepare a burnt offering to the Lord of a lamb
of the first year without blemish. You shall prepare it every morning.
14 (Nu 28:5) You shall prepare a grain offering for it every morning,
the sixth part of an ephah,[Likely about 6 pounds, or 2.7 kilograms.]
and the third part of a hin [About 1 1/2 quarts, or 1.3 liters.] of oil
to temper with the fine flour, a grain offering continually by a perpetual
ordinance to the Lord.
15 Thus they shall prepare the lamb and the grain offering and the oil every
morning as a continual burnt offering.
Inheritance Laws for the Prince
16 (2Ch 21:3) Thus says the Lord God: If the prince gives a gift out
of his inheritance to any of his sons, it will belong to his sons.
It is their possession by inheritance.
17 (Lev 25:10) But if he gives a gift out of his inheritance to one
of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty.
Then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will be only his sons.
It will belong to them.
18 (Eze 45:8; 1Ki 21:19) 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
so that My people not be scattered, every man from his possession.
Preparations for the Offerings
19 (Eze 42:9) Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side
of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests which face toward
the north. And there was a place at the extreme westward end of them.
20 (2Ch 35:13; Lev 2:4-7) Then he said to me, "This is the place
where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering,
and where they shall bake the grain offering so that they not bear them
out into the outer court, to sanctify the people."
21 Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass
by the four corners of the court. And 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 wide.[About 70 feet long and 53 feet wide,
or 21 meters long and 16 meters wide.] These four corners were
of one measurement.
23 There was a row of masonry all around in them, all around the four of them;
and it was made with hearths at the bottom of the rows all around.
24 (Eze 46:20) Then he said to me, "These are the boiling places
where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people."
Ezekiel 46
[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 feast and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an
ephah to a bullock, and 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.
2) Our Daily Bread for 3 September 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/09/03/rooted-in-love-2
Entitled "Rooted in Love"
Ruth 2:5-13
5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of his harvesters,
"Whose young woman is this?"
6 (Ru 1:22) So the servant who was in charge of his harvesters answered,
"She is the young Moabitess woman who came back with Naomi
from the land of Moab.
7 She said, 'Please let me glean and gather grain among the bundles
behind the harvesters.' So she came and has remained from morning
until now, though she rested a little while in the house."
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Do not go to glean
in another field and leave this one. Stay close to my young women.
9 Keep your eyes on the field in which they reap and follow after them.
I have commanded the men not to touch you. When you are thirsty,
go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn."
10 (1Sa 25:23) So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground,
and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes,
that you should acknowledge me, a foreigner?"
11 Boaz answered and said to her, "I have been told all that you have done
for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband,
and how you left your father and mother and your homeland
and came to a people you did not know before.
12 (1Sa 24:19; Ru 1:16) May the Lord reward your deeds.
May you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel,
under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
13 (Ge 33:15; 1Sa 1:18) Then she said, "May I find favor in your eyes,
my lord, for you have comforted me and have spoken kindly
to your servant, though I am not like one of your servant girls."
[5] Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?
[6] And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is
the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
[7] And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers
among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning
until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
[8] Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean
in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
[9] Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after
them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and
when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the
young men have drawn.
[10] Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said
unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take
knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
[11] And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all
that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband:
and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy
nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
[12] The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the
LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
[13] Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou
hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine
handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
I arrived at the cancer care center, where I'd be serving as my mom's live-in
caregiver, feeling alone and afraid. I'd left my family and support system
more than 750 miles behind me. But before I could even touch my luggage,
Frank, a man with a huge grin, offered to help. By the time we reached the
sixth floor, I'd made plans to meet his wife, Lori, who cared for him during
his treatments. The couple soon became like family as we leaned on God
and each other. We laughed, vented, cried, and prayed together. Though
we all felt displaced, our connection to God and each other kept us
rooted in love as we supported one another.
When Ruth committed to caring for her mother-in-law, Naomi, she left the security of familiarity behind. Ruth "entered a field and began to glean
behind the harvesters" (Ruth 2:3). The overseer told the landowner, Boaz,
that Ruth "came into the field" and "remained" working "except for a short
rest in the shelter" (v. 7). Ruth found a safe place with people willing to
care for her as she cared for Naomi (vv. 8-9). And God provided for Ruth
and Naomi though Boaz's generosity (vv. 14-16).
Life's circumstances can provide roads to unexpected places far beyond
our comfort zones. As we remain connected to God and each other,
He'll keep us rooted in love as we support one another.
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
How has God comforted you when you felt alone?
How has He used other people to support you through a community
rooted in His love?
Loving Father, thank You for promising
to be with me and for providing all I need.
For further study, read
What Is Real Love?
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 7 - Oh, Freedom!
Rom 8:1-2
Life in the Spirit
1 (1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:17) There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2 (1Co 15:45; Ro 6:18; Jn 8:32) For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
The Spirit of God Within You
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death.
In the classic movie, I want to live! actress Susan Hayward
plays a woman convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed.
The suspense builds; the execution is delayed as the officials
wait for a word of pardon. Finally, the woman in executed;
the call comes, and the pardon has been granted, but it is too late.
When no pardon is granted, condemnation leads to death. Our sin
marks us as "guilty" before God, and we deserve the wages of sin,
which is death. But in Jesus Christ, the pardon does come - and
it comes in time. Our sin deserves condemnation by God, and yet
he forgives us because Christ paid the penalty for us,
But we face other kinds of condemnation as well - self-condemnation,
that internal accusation that we still, somehow, must pay the price
of our own sin. Others often condemn us as well, offering much less
forgiveness and mercy than God does. And the Enemy of our souls condemns
us, trying to convince us that we don't, after all, have real freedom
from sin.
Yet Paul tells us in Romans 8, "There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus". God has forgiven us freely; he has
granted his pardon. And in light of his forgiveness, how can we live
under the condemnation of others - or even of ourselves?
We are free, Paul says - free from the "law of sin and death,"
free to live in the liberty of the Spirit. The stay of execution
has come: the pardon has been granted. Never again can we tried
for the same crimes: never again must we live under the burden
of condemnation.
Application
a) Have I ever lived under the burden of condemnation from myself
or others? Why?
b) How can Romans 8:1-2 help me live in freedom of such condemnation?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 6:38
38 "Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.
For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you."
38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,
and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For
with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Proverbs 30:5
5 Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
5 Every word of God is pure:
He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)
Nova Scotia
Total population 942700
Muslim population (est.) 14629
With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is
a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,
a harvest field in itself.
Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations
- in and around Halifax and other cities
- on university campuses
- for new workers among Muslims
- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach
to Muslims in their areas.
- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend
to share Jesus with and disciple them
- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their
new faith in Jesus with other Muslims
Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia
with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas
(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques
in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.
Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of
newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration
has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic
is the second most spoken language in Halifax.
while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000
in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population
somewhere between 25000 to 30000.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
3nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the province of Alberta as follows:
I) Pray for the leaders of Alberta, that God's Spirit would influence then to
act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards. (
1 Tim 2:1-4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in
the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come
to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved,
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
b) Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin
and Canadian to faith in Christ.
( John 16:8 - When He comes, He will convict the world of sin
and of righteousness and of judgment:
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to keep His covenant and statutes in His name.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving Father, thank You for promising
to be with me and for providing all I need. "
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him a prayer of Thanks for freedom from
and of sin.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a gracious giver.
Pray to the Lord and Thank His for His Word as shield.
Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations
- in and around Halifax and other cities
- on university campuses
- for new workers among Muslims
- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach
to Muslims in their areas.
- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend
to share Jesus with and disciple them
- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their
new faith in Jesus with other Muslims
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin
and Canadian to faith in Christ.
Pray that the Lord's wisdom, provision and protection will systain members
of Yemen's underground churches.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.
1)Ezekiel 44-46
Ezekiel 44
The East Gate for the Prince
1 (Eze 43:1; 40:6) Then he brought me back to the gate of the outer
sanctuary, which faces east. And it was shut.
2 (Eze 43:2-4) Then the Lord said to me: This gate shall be shut;
it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it.
Because the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it,
therefore it shall be shut.
3 (Eze 46:2; Ge 31:54; Ex 24:9-11) As for the prince, he shall sit
in it as prince to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter
by the way of the vestibule of the gate and shall go out by the same way.
4 (Eze 1:28; 3:23; 40:20) Then he brought me by the way of the north gate
before the temple. And I looked, and the glory of the Lord filled
the house of the Lord, and I fell upon my face.
5 (Eze 40:4; 43:10-11) The Lord said to me: Son of man, mark well,
and see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that
I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord
and all its laws. And mark well those who may enter the house,
with all exits of the sanctuary.
6 (Eze 3:9; 45:9) You shall say to the rebellious, even to the house
of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, let all
your abominations suffice;
7 (Lev 22:25; Ge 17:14; Lev 26:41) you brought foreigners into
My sanctuary, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh,
to be in My sanctuary to pollute it, even My house, when you offered
My food, the fat and the blood. For they have broken My covenant
because of all your abominations.
8 You have not kept the charge of My holy things. But you have set foreigners
to keep charge of My sanctuary.
9 (Eze 44:7; Joel 3:17) Thus says the Lord God: No foreigner,
uncircumcised in heart nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter
into My sanctuary, of any foreigner who is among the sons of Israel.
Laws for the Priests
10 (Eze 48:11; 2Ki 23:8-9) But the Levites who have gone far from Me
when Israel went astray, who went astray away from Me after their idols,
they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity.
11 (Nu 16:9; 2Ch 29:34) Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary,
having charge at the gates of the house and ministering to the house.
They shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people,
and they shall stand before them to minister to them.
12 (2Ki 16:10-16; Ps 106:26) Because they ministered to them before
their idols and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity,
therefore I have lifted up My hand against them, says the Lord God,
that they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity.
13 (Nu 18:3; 2Ki 23:9) They shall not come near to Me to do the office
of a priest to Me, nor to come near to any of My holy things
in the Most Holy Place. But they shall bear their shame
and their abominations which they have committed.
14 (Nu 18:4; 1Ch 23:28-32) But I will make them keepers of the charge
of the temple for all its service and for all that shall be done in it.
15 (Eze 40:46; 43:19) But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok,
who kept the charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray
from Me, they shall come near to Me to minister to Me, and they shall
stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.
16 (Eze 41:22; Nu 18:7-8) They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall
come near to My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.
17 (Rev 19:8; Ex 28:43) It shall come to pass that when they enter
at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments.
And no wool shall come upon them while they minister in the gates
of the inner court, and within.
18 They shall have linen turbans on their heads and shall have linen breeches
on their loins. They shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.
19 (Lev 6:27; Eze 46:20) When they go out into the outer court,
even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments
in which they ministered and lay them in the holy chambers,
and they shall put on other garments. And they shall not sanctify
the people with their garments.
20 (Nu 6:5)Nor shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks
to grow long. They shall only trim the hair of their heads.
21 (Lev 10:9) Nor shall any priest drink wine
when they enter the inner court.
22 (Lev 21:7; 21:13-14) Nor shall they take for their wives a widow,
nor her who has been put away. But they shall take maidens of the seed
of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.
23 (Eze 22:26; Lev 10:10-11) They shall teach My people the difference
between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern
between the unclean and the clean.
24 (1Ch 23:4; 2Ch 19:8-10) In controversy they shall stand in judgment.
And they shall judge it according to My judgments.
And they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My assemblies.
And they shall hallow My Sabbaths.
25 They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves. But for father,
or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister
that has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
26 After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.
27 (Nu 6:9-11) In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, to the inner court,
to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,
says the Lord God.
28 (Nu 18:20; Dt 10:9) It shall be to them for an inheritance.
I am their inheritance. And you shall give them no possession in Israel.
I am their possession.
29 (Nu 18:14; Lev 27:21; 27:28) They shall eat the grain offering
and the sin offering and the guilt offering. And every dedicated thing
in Israel shall be theirs.
30 (Ne 10:35-37; Ex 23:19) The first of all the first fruits of all things
and every oblation of all of every sort of your oblations shall be
the priest's. You shall also give to the priest the first of your dough
to cause a blessing to rest in your house.
31 (Lev 22:8; Ex 22:31) The priests shall not eat any bird
or beast that has died naturally or was torn to pieces.
Ezekiel 44
[1] Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary
which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
[2] Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be
opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of
Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
[3] It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before
the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go
out by the way of the same.
[4] Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I
looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and
I fell upon my face.
[5] And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine
eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the
ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well
the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
[6] And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your
abominations,
[7] In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in
heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it,
even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have
broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
[8] And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set
keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
[9] Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor
uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that
is among the children of Israel.
[10] And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went
astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even
bear their iniquity.
[11] Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates
of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt
offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them
to minister unto them.
[12] Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the
house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand
against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
[13] And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto
me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but
they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have
committed.
[14] But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the
service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
[15] But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of
my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall
come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer
unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
[16] They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my
table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
[17] And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the
inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall
come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and
within.
[18] They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen
breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing
that causeth sweat.
[19] And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court
to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered,
and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments;
and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
[20] Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow
long; they shall only poll their heads.
[21] Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner
court.
[22] Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put
away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a
widow that had a priest before.
[23] And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and
profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
[24] And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge
it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in
all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
[25] And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for
father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for
sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
[26] And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
[27] And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court,
to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the
Lord GOD.
[28] And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance:
and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
[29] They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the
trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
[30] And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation
of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall
also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the
blessing to rest in thine house.
[31] The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn,
whether it be fowl or beast.
Ezekiel 45
The Holy District
1 (Eze 48:29; Nu 34:13) Moreover, when you divide by lot the land
for inheritance, you shall offer an allotment to the Lord,
a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length of 25000 cubits,
[About 8 miles, or 13 kilometers; and in vv. 3, 5, and 6.]
and the width shall be twenty thousand. [About 6 1/2 miles, or 11 kilometers.]
It shall be holy throughout its territory all around.
2 (Eze 42:16-20) Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary,
five hundred by five hundred cubits,
[About 875 feet, or 265 meters.] with fifty cubits
[About 88 feet, or 27 meters.]
for an open space around it. 3Eze 48:10Of this measure you shall
measure the length of 25000 cubits and the width of ten thousand cubits.
[About 3 1/3 miles, or 5.3 kilometers.] And in it shall be the sanctuary,
the Most Holy Place.
4 (Nu 16:5; Eze 40:45) The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests,
the ministers of the sanctuary, who shall come near to minister to the Lord.
And it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
5 (Eze 48:13) An area 25000 cubits in length and 100000 in width shall be
for the Levites, the ministers of the temple,
and for their possession cities in which to dwell.
6 (Eze 48:15-18; 48:30-35) You shall appoint the possession of the city
5000 cubits [About 1 2/3 miles, or 2.7 kilometers.] wide and 25000 cubits
long adjacent to the allotment of the holy portion. It shall be
for the whole house of Israel.
The Portion for the Prince
7 (Eze 48:21; 34:24) A portion shall be for the prince on the one side
and on the other side of the holy allotment and property of the city,
adjacent to the holy allotment and the property of the city,
from the west side westward and from the east side eastward.
And the length shall correspond to one of the tribal portions,
from the west border to the east border.
8 (Eze 46:18; 22:27) In the land shall be his possession in Israel.
And My officials shall no more oppress My people. And the rest of the land
they shall give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Laws Governing the Prince
9 (Jer 22:3; Eze 44:6) Thus says the Lord God: Let it suffice you officials
of Israel. Remove violence and destruction,
and execute justice and righteousness. Take away your exactions
from My people, says the Lord God.
10 (Am 8:4-6; Mic 6:10-11) You shall have just balances and a just ephah
[An ephah was a dry measure of about 3/5 bushel, or 22 liters. and a just bath.
[A bath was a liquid measure of about 6 gallons, or 22 liters.
11 (Isa 5:10) The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure so that the bath
may contain the tenth part of a homer,[In dry measure, six bushels
or 220 liters; in liquid measure, 60 gallons or 220 liters.]
and the ephah the tenth part of a homer. Their measure shall be after the homer.
12 (Ex 30:13; Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47) The shekel
[A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce, or 12 grams.]
shall be twenty gerahs.Weighs 1/20 of a shekel.
Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels
shall be your mina.
[Sixty shekels equals about 1 1/2 pounds, or 690 grams.]
The common mina was 50 shekels.
13 This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah
[Likely about 6 pounds, or 2.7 kilograms.] of a homer of wheat, and you shall
give the sixth part of an ephah [Likely about 5 pounds, or 2.3 kilograms.]
of a homer of barley.
14 Concerning the ordinance of oil that is the bath of oil, you shall offer
the tenth part of a bath [About 2 1/2 quarts, or 2.2 liters.] out of the kor,
[Equals a homer in liquid measure, 60 gallons or 220 liters.] which is a homer
or ten baths, for ten baths are a homer.
15 (Lev 1:4; 6:30) And one lamb shall be out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the watering places of Israel, as a grain offering and as a burnt offering and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, says the Lord God.
16 (Ex 30:14-15; Isa 16:1) All the people of the land shall give this offering
for the prince in Israel.
17 (2Ch 31:3; Isa 66:23) It shall be the prince's part to give burnt
offerings and grain offerings and drink offerings in the feasts and in the
New Moons and in the Sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel.
He shall prepare the sin offering and the grain offering and the burnt
offering and the peace offerings,
to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
Observing the Feasts
18 (Lev 16:16; Ex 12:2) Thus says the Lord God: In the first month,
on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull
without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary.
19 (Eze 43:20; Lev 16:18-20; Eze 43:14) And the priest shall take
some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts
of the temple and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar
and on the gateposts of the inner court.
20 (Lev 16:20; Ps 19:12) So you shall do the seventh day of the month
for everyone who errs and for him who is naive.
So you shall make atonement for the temple.
21 (Lev 23:5-8) In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month,
you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days. Unleavened bread
shall be eaten.
22 (Lev 4:14) On that day the prince shall prepare for himself
and for all the people of the land a bull as a sin offering.
23 (Lev 23:8; Job 42:8) For seven days of the feast he shall prepare
a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish
daily for the seven days, and a male of the goats daily as a sin offering.
24 (Eze 46:5-7; Nu 28:12-15) He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah
for a bull and an ephah for a ram and a hin
[About 1 gallon, or 3.8 liters.] of oil for an ephah.
25 (Nu 29:12-38; Lev 23:33-43) In the seventh month, on the 15th day
of the month, he shall do the like in the feast of the seven days,
according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering,
and according to the grain offering, and according to the oil.
Ezekiel 45
[1] Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall
offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length
shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall
be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
[2] Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with
five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about
for the suburbs thereof.
[3] And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty
thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary
and the most holy place.
[4] The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of
the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall
be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
[5] And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of
breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for
themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
[6] And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and
five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy
portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
[7] And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other
side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city,
before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the
city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the
length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto
the east border.
[8] In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no
more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the
house of Israel according to their tribes.
[9] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove
violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your
exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
[10] Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. I
[11] The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may
contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an
homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
[12] And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty
shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your manneh.
[13] This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of
an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer
of barley:
[14] Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the
tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten
baths are an homer:
[15] And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat
pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for
peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.
[16] All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in
Israel.
[17] And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in
the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare
the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the
peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
[18] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the
month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the
sanctuary:
[19] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it
upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the
altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
[20] And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that
erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
[21] In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have
the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
[22] And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the
people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
[23] And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the
LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days;
and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
[24] And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an
ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
[25] In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do
the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering,
according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and
according to the oil.
Ezekiel 46
The Prince and the Feasts
1 (Isa 66:23; Ex 20:9) Thus says the Lord God: The gate of the inner court
that faces 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 (Eze 44:3; 46:8) The prince shall enter by the way of the vestibule
of that gate from outside, 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 out.
But the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
3 (Lk 1:10) 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 (Eze 45:17; Nu 28:9-10) The burnt offering that the prince shall
offer to the Lord in the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish
and a ram without blemish.
5 (Eze 45:24; 46:7) The grain offering shall be an ephah
[Likely about 35 pounds, or 16 kilograms.] for a ram and the grain offering
for the lambs as he shall be able to give and a hin
[About 1 gallon, or 3.8 liters.] of oil to an ephah.
6 In the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish
and six lambs and a ram. They shall be without blemish.
7 (Eze 46:5) He shall prepare a grain offering, an ephah
[Likely about 35 pounds, or 16 kilograms.] for a bull and an ephah for a ram,
and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain to,
and a hin of oil to an ephah.
8 (Eze 46:2) When the prince enters, he shall go in by the way
of the vestibule of that gate, and he shall go out the same way.
9 (Ex 23:14-17; 34:23) But when the people of the land shall come
before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he who enters by the way
of the north gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate.
And he who enters by the way of the south gate shall go out by way
of the north gate. He shall not return by way of the gate
by which he entered, but shall go out the opposite gate.
10 (Ps 42:4; 1Ch 29:20) The prince shall be in their midst.
When they enter, he shall enter; and when they go out, he shall go out.
11 (Eze 46:5; 46:7) At the feasts and the appointed festivals
the grain offering shall be an ephah
[Likely about 35 pounds, or 16 kilograms.] for a bull, and an ephah for a ram,
and with the lambs as much as he is able to give, together with a hin of oil
for an ephah.
12 (Eze 45:17; 46:1-2) Now when the prince prepares a voluntary burnt
offering or voluntary peace offering to the Lord, the gate facing east
shall be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering
and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day.
Then he shall go out. And after he goes out, the gate shall be shut.
13 (Isa 50:4) You shall daily prepare a burnt offering to the Lord of a lamb
of the first year without blemish. You shall prepare it every morning.
14 (Nu 28:5) You shall prepare a grain offering for it every morning,
the sixth part of an ephah,[Likely about 6 pounds, or 2.7 kilograms.]
and the third part of a hin [About 1 1/2 quarts, or 1.3 liters.] of oil
to temper with the fine flour, a grain offering continually by a perpetual
ordinance to the Lord.
15 Thus they shall prepare the lamb and the grain offering and the oil every
morning as a continual burnt offering.
Inheritance Laws for the Prince
16 (2Ch 21:3) Thus says the Lord God: If the prince gives a gift out
of his inheritance to any of his sons, it will belong to his sons.
It is their possession by inheritance.
17 (Lev 25:10) But if he gives a gift out of his inheritance to one
of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty.
Then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will be only his sons.
It will belong to them.
18 (Eze 45:8; 1Ki 21:19) 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
so that My people not be scattered, every man from his possession.
Preparations for the Offerings
19 (Eze 42:9) Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side
of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests which face toward
the north. And there was a place at the extreme westward end of them.
20 (2Ch 35:13; Lev 2:4-7) Then he said to me, "This is the place
where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering,
and where they shall bake the grain offering so that they not bear them
out into the outer court, to sanctify the people."
21 Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass
by the four corners of the court. And 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 wide.[About 70 feet long and 53 feet wide,
or 21 meters long and 16 meters wide.] These four corners were
of one measurement.
23 There was a row of masonry all around in them, all around the four of them;
and it was made with hearths at the bottom of the rows all around.
24 (Eze 46:20) Then he said to me, "These are the boiling places
where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people."
Ezekiel 46
[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 feast and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an
ephah to a bullock, and 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.
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Ruth 2:5-13
5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of his harvesters,
"Whose young woman is this?"
6 (Ru 1:22) So the servant who was in charge of his harvesters answered,
"She is the young Moabitess woman who came back with Naomi
from the land of Moab.
7 She said, 'Please let me glean and gather grain among the bundles
behind the harvesters.' So she came and has remained from morning
until now, though she rested a little while in the house."
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Do not go to glean
in another field and leave this one. Stay close to my young women.
9 Keep your eyes on the field in which they reap and follow after them.
I have commanded the men not to touch you. When you are thirsty,
go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn."
10 (1Sa 25:23) So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground,
and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes,
that you should acknowledge me, a foreigner?"
11 Boaz answered and said to her, "I have been told all that you have done
for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband,
and how you left your father and mother and your homeland
and came to a people you did not know before.
12 (1Sa 24:19; Ru 1:16) May the Lord reward your deeds.
May you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel,
under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
13 (Ge 33:15; 1Sa 1:18) Then she said, "May I find favor in your eyes,
my lord, for you have comforted me and have spoken kindly
to your servant, though I am not like one of your servant girls."
[5] Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?
[6] And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is
the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
[7] And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers
among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning
until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
[8] Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean
in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
[9] Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after
them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and
when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the
young men have drawn.
[10] Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said
unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take
knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
[11] And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all
that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband:
and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy
nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
[12] The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the
LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
[13] Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou
hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine
handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
I arrived at the cancer care center, where I'd be serving as my mom's live-in
caregiver, feeling alone and afraid. I'd left my family and support system
more than 750 miles behind me. But before I could even touch my luggage,
Frank, a man with a huge grin, offered to help. By the time we reached the
sixth floor, I'd made plans to meet his wife, Lori, who cared for him during
his treatments. The couple soon became like family as we leaned on God
and each other. We laughed, vented, cried, and prayed together. Though
we all felt displaced, our connection to God and each other kept us
rooted in love as we supported one another.
When Ruth committed to caring for her mother-in-law, Naomi, she left the security of familiarity behind. Ruth "entered a field and began to glean
behind the harvesters" (Ruth 2:3). The overseer told the landowner, Boaz,
that Ruth "came into the field" and "remained" working "except for a short
rest in the shelter" (v. 7). Ruth found a safe place with people willing to
care for her as she cared for Naomi (vv. 8-9). And God provided for Ruth
and Naomi though Boaz's generosity (vv. 14-16).
Life's circumstances can provide roads to unexpected places far beyond
our comfort zones. As we remain connected to God and each other,
He'll keep us rooted in love as we support one another.
By: Xochitl Dixon
Reflect & Pray
How has God comforted you when you felt alone?
How has He used other people to support you through a community
rooted in His love?
Loving Father, thank You for promising
to be with me and for providing all I need.
For further study, read
What Is Real Love?
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 7 - Oh, Freedom!
Rom 8:1-2
Life in the Spirit
1 (1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:17) There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2 (1Co 15:45; Ro 6:18; Jn 8:32) For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
The Spirit of God Within You
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death.
In the classic movie, I want to live! actress Susan Hayward
plays a woman convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed.
The suspense builds; the execution is delayed as the officials
wait for a word of pardon. Finally, the woman in executed;
the call comes, and the pardon has been granted, but it is too late.
When no pardon is granted, condemnation leads to death. Our sin
marks us as "guilty" before God, and we deserve the wages of sin,
which is death. But in Jesus Christ, the pardon does come - and
it comes in time. Our sin deserves condemnation by God, and yet
he forgives us because Christ paid the penalty for us,
But we face other kinds of condemnation as well - self-condemnation,
that internal accusation that we still, somehow, must pay the price
of our own sin. Others often condemn us as well, offering much less
forgiveness and mercy than God does. And the Enemy of our souls condemns
us, trying to convince us that we don't, after all, have real freedom
from sin.
Yet Paul tells us in Romans 8, "There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus". God has forgiven us freely; he has
granted his pardon. And in light of his forgiveness, how can we live
under the condemnation of others - or even of ourselves?
We are free, Paul says - free from the "law of sin and death,"
free to live in the liberty of the Spirit. The stay of execution
has come: the pardon has been granted. Never again can we tried
for the same crimes: never again must we live under the burden
of condemnation.
Application
a) Have I ever lived under the burden of condemnation from myself
or others? Why?
b) How can Romans 8:1-2 help me live in freedom of such condemnation?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Luke 6:38
38 "Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.
For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you."
38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,
and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For
with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Burdened by Doubt
Proverbs 30:5
5 Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
5 Every word of God is pure:
He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)
Nova Scotia
Total population 942700
Muslim population (est.) 14629
With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is
a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,
a harvest field in itself.
Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations
- in and around Halifax and other cities
- on university campuses
- for new workers among Muslims
- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach
to Muslims in their areas.
- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend
to share Jesus with and disciple them
- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their
new faith in Jesus with other Muslims
Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia
with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas
(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques
in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.
Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of
newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration
has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic
is the second most spoken language in Halifax.
while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000
in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population
somewhere between 25000 to 30000.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,
"What does this mean?"
13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter's Speech at Pentecost
14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice
and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,
since it is the third hour of the day.
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,
'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.'
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
3nd Day of the Month
a) Pray for the province of Alberta as follows:
I) Pray for the leaders of Alberta, that God's Spirit would influence then to
act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards. (
1 Tim 2:1-4
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in
the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come
to the knowledge of the truth.
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who will have all men to be saved,
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
b) Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin
and Canadian to faith in Christ.
( John 16:8 - When He comes, He will convict the world of sin
and of righteousness and of judgment:
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to keep His covenant and statutes in His name.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving Father, thank You for promising
to be with me and for providing all I need. "
Pray to the Lord and pray to Him a prayer of Thanks for freedom from
and of sin.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a gracious giver.
Pray to the Lord and Thank His for His Word as shield.
Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations
- in and around Halifax and other cities
- on university campuses
- for new workers among Muslims
- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach
to Muslims in their areas.
- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend
to share Jesus with and disciple them
- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their
new faith in Jesus with other Muslims
Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin
and Canadian to faith in Christ.
Pray that the Lord's wisdom, provision and protection will systain members
of Yemen's underground churches.
Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.