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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 459

"This is the offering which you shall offer"

Text: Ezekiel 45:13

THE IDENTITY OF THE PRINCE

The actual identity of “the prince” was withheld on purpose. We should not attempt to speculate concerning his identity.

“‘This is the offering which you shall offer: you shall give one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley. The ordinance concerning oil, the bath of oil, is one-tenth of a bath from a kor. A kor is a homer or ten baths, for ten baths are a homer. And one lamb shall be given from a flock of two hundred, from the rich pastures of Israel. These shall be for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them,’ says the Lord God. ‘All the people of the land shall give this offering for the prince in Israel. Then it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths, and at all the appointed seasons of the house of Israel. He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.'”
Ezekiel 45:13-17

1. The offering of the nation.

a) This was carefully prescribed.

b) The items included the following:

i) Wheat

ii) Barley

iii) One lamb out of a flock of two hundred.

c) Offerings

i) Grain offerings.

ii) Burnt offerings.

iii) Peace offerings.

iv) To make atonement for the house of Israel.

2. The offering of the Prince.

a) He is obviously the leading prince.

b) He leads by example.

c) His gifts:

i) Burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings.

ii) At the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths, and at all the appointed seasons of the house of Israel.

iii) He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering.

iv) To make atonement for the house of Israel.