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Ezekiel 45:24

He shall also provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text addresses a designated leader providing ritual provisions during a seven-day feast that begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month (Ezekiel 45:25).

The words — The verse specifies the Hebrew terms אֵיפָה ('ephah) for a dry measure and הִין (hin) for a liquid measure, which the leader יַֽעֲשֶׂ֑ה (ya‘aseh) must provide as part of the grain offering (וּ/מִנְחָ֗ה, u/minchah).

The thread — This grain offering structure parallels the ritual measurements in Ezekiel 46:5 and aligns with the prescribed flour and oil ratios for bulls and rams in Numbers 28:12.

Why it lands — The text demands the leader supply exact measures of grain and oil for each sacrificial animal during the feast. Readers must account for these specific ritual requirements when interpreting the passage’s instructions.

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The Hebrew words

וּמִנְחָ֗הu./min.Chahand/ a grain offeringאֵיפָ֥ה'ei.Fahan ephahלַפָּ֛רla./Parto the/ young bullוְאֵיפָ֥הve./'ei.Fahand/ an ephahלָאַ֖יִלla./'A.yilto the/ ramיַֽעֲשֶׂ֑הya.'a.Sehhe will provideוְשֶׁ֖מֶןve./She.menand/ oilהִ֥יןhina hinלָאֵיפָֽה׃la./'ei.Fahto the/ ephah

King James Version

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.

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