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Ezekiel 45:23
Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel records a divine directive for the prince to establish daily sacrificial rituals during a seven-day feast.
The words — The Hebrew terms שִבְעַת (shiv'at, "seven") and עוֹלָה (olah, "burnt offering") anchor the command for a complete, daily consecration to Yahweh.
The thread — This seven-day sacrificial pattern echoes the feast regulations in Leviticus 23:8, the restoration sacrifice in Job 42:8, and Balaam’s ritual preparations in Numbers 23:1.
Why it lands — The text mandates a precise, daily provision of unblemished animals to atone for and honor God, requiring strict obedience to ritual law rather than personal preference.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 23:8 For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”
- 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.”
- Numbers 23:1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- Numbers 28:15 In addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.
- Numbers 29:5 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.
- Numbers 29:11 Include one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings.
- Hebrews 10:8 In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).