King James Version
Ezekiel 45:20 in the King James Version says “And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye rec...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.”
Ezekiel 45:20 · KJV
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:
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“And so thou shalt do”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“the seventh”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“for every one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“that erreth”
H7686to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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