King James Version
Ezekiel 45:16 in the King James Version says “All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. shall: Heb. shall be for for: or, with” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. shall: Heb. shall be for for: or, with”
Ezekiel 45:16 · KJV
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD. lamb: or, kid peace: or, thank offerings
All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. shall: Heb. shall be for for: or, with
And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. peace: or, thank offerings
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“All the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall give this oblation”
H8641a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
“for the prince”
H5387properly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist
“in Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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