King James Version
Ezekiel 43:23 in the King James Version says “When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 43 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.”
Ezekiel 43:23 · KJV
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“When thou hast made an end”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“of cleansing”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
“it thou shalt offer”
H7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
“bullock”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“a young”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
“without blemish”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“and a ram”
H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically an oak or other strong tree
“out of the flock”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“without blemish”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
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