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Ezekiel 43:27
At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD speaks to Ezekiel immediately after the seven-day consecration of the altar. He addresses the priests regarding their duties following the completion of the ritual period.
The words — הַשְּׁמִינִי (ha.shemi.ni) means "the eighth" and marks the precise temporal shift from consecration to worship. יַעֲשׂוּ (ya.a.su) translates as "they will offer," establishing the priests' mandatory action.
The thread — The eighth-day inauguration pattern reappears in Leviticus 9:1 when Moses summons Aaron and the elders for the first priestly sacrifices. The peace offering terminology connects directly to Leviticus 3:1 and Leviticus 17:5, which regulate herd offerings and their proper presentation to the LORD.
Why it lands — The passage requires strict adherence to a divinely appointed schedule for altar worship. It establishes that divine acceptance follows the completion of prescribed consecration and the subsequent performance of mandated offerings.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord God.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 9:1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
- Leviticus 3:1 “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- Leviticus 17:5 For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.
- Job 42:8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Ezekiel 20:40 For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
- Hosea 8:13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
- Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Romans 15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Philippians 2:17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.