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Ezekiel 46:11

At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text records divine instructions delivered to Ezekiel concerning the regulated worship practices for the future restored temple community. It specifies the exact grain offerings required during festivals and appointed feasts.

The words — מִנְחָה (min.Chah) translates literally as grain offering, and אֵיפָה ('ei.Fah) denotes a standardized dry measure. These terms anchor the verse’s demand for quantified contributions rather than voluntary amounts.

The thread — The same ephah measurements reappear in Ezekiel 46:5 and Ezekiel 46:7 to regulate offerings for rams and lambs. Leviticus 23:1 establishes the broader covenant framework for these appointed times.

Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize that worship demands precise, consistent provision tied to specific calendar events. It establishes a structural pattern where measured contributions support communal and princely ritual duties.

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The Hebrew words

וּבַחַגִּ֣יםu./va./cha.Gimand/ at the/ festivalsוּבַמּוֹעֲדִ֗יםu./va./mo.'a.Dimand/ at the/ appointed timesתִּהְיֶ֤הtih.Yehit will beהַמִּנְחָה֙ha./min.Chahthe/ grain offeringאֵיפָ֤ה'ei.Fahan ephahלַפָּר֙la./Parfor the/ young bullוְאֵיפָ֣הve./'ei.Fahand/ an ephahלָאַ֔יִלla./'A.yilfor the/ ramוְלַכְּבָשִׂ֖יםve./la./ke.va.Simand/ for the/ lambsמַתַּ֣תma.Tat[the] gift ofיָד֑וֹya.D/ohand/ hisוְשֶׁ֖מֶןve./She.menand/ oilהִ֥יןhina hinלָאֵיפָֽה׃ סla./'ei.Fahto the/ ephah

King James Version

And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

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