King James Version
Ezekiel 45:22 in the King James Version says “And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.”
Ezekiel 45:22 · KJV
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.
And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall the prince”
H5387properly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist
“And upon that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“for himself and for all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“a bullock”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“for a sin offering”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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