King James Version
Ezekiel 46:10 in the King James Version says “And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.”
Ezekiel 46:10 · King James Version
And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.
And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
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Compare 4 commentaries from different scholars and time periods for a richer understanding.
“And the prince”
H5387properly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist
“and when they go forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“and when they go forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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