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¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Thus saith {H559} the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}; The gate {H8179} of the inner {H6442} court {H2691} that looketh {H6437} toward the east {H6921} shall be shut {H5462} the six {H8337} working {H4639} days {H3117}; but on the sabbath {H7676}{H3117} it shall be opened {H6605}, and in the day {H3117} of the new moon {H2320} it shall be opened {H6605}.

"This is what Adonai ELOHIM says: 'The east gate of the inner courtyard is to be shut on the six working days, but on Shabbat it is to be opened, and on Rosh-Hodesh it is to be opened.

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 66:23 (6 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

  • Ezekiel 44:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it [was] shut.

  • Ezekiel 44:2 (4 votes)

    Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

  • Exodus 20:9 (3 votes)

    Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

  • Ezekiel 46:6 (2 votes)

    And in the day of the new moon [it shall be] a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.

  • Genesis 3:19 (2 votes)

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • Luke 13:14 (2 votes)

    And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.