King James Version
Ezekiel 46:6 in the King James Version says “And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be with...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.”
Ezekiel 46:6 · KJV
And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. as he: Heb. the gift of his hand
And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
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.
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“And in the 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
“bullock”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“it shall be 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
“they shall be without blemish”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“and six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“and a ram”
H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically an oak or other strong tree
“they shall be without blemish”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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