At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
Whether these ordinances were meant to bind the second temple we cannot say for certain; their history shows they governed themselves by the law of Moses alone, treating this as mystical rather than literal. Yet mark this: the east gate stood shut save on the Sabbath and new moon, when it opened for the prince, magistrates and ministers ought to go hand in hand in God's service, the prince standing at the threshold to signify his concurrence with the priests' work before all the people.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 46:1-15
Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering, or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord,.... That is, on week days, distinct from sabbath days, new moons, feasts, and solemnities, of which before; and seems to have respect to week day lectures, in distinction from the weekly and monthly stated times, for the ministry of the word and administration of the Lord's supper; in...
Eze 46:8-12 On the Opening of the Temple for the People, and for the Voluntary Offerings of the Prince. - Eze 46:8. And when the prince cometh, he shall go in by the way to the porch of the gate, and by its way shall he go out. Eze 46:9.
Commenting on Ezekiel 46:8-12