Ezekiel 46:1
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Thus saith the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east, shall be shut the six days, on which work is done; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, yea and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

shall be shut

Ezekiel 44:1,2 And he brought me back to the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary, which looked towards the east: and it was shut. . . .

six working

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.

Luke 13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come and be healed: and not on the sabbath day.

on the sabbath

Ezekiel 45:17 And the prince shall give the holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the libations on the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, and on all the solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall offer the sacrifice for sin, and the holocaust, and the peace offerings to make expiation for the house of Israel.

Isaiah 66:23 And there shall be month after month, and sabbath after sabbath: and all flesh shall come to adore before my face, saith the Lord.

Hebrews 4:9,10 There remaineth therefore a day of rest for the people of God. . . .

Context
The Prince's Offerings
1Thus saith the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east, shall be shut the six days, on which work is done; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, yea and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.2And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate from without, and he shall stand at the threshold of the gate: and the priests shall offer his holocaust, and his peace offerings: and he shall adore upon the threshold of the gate, and shall go out: but the gate shall not be shut till the evening.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:9
Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.

1 Chronicles 9:18
Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the sons of Levi waited by their turns.

Isaiah 66:23
And there shall be month after month, and sabbath after sabbath: and all flesh shall come to adore before my face, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord: and behold at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men having their backs towards the temple of the Lord, in their faces to the east: and they adored towards the rising of the sun.

Ezekiel 10:3
And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.

Ezekiel 40:19
And he measured the breadth from the face of the lower gate to the front of the inner court without, a hundred cubits to the east, and to the north.

Ezekiel 43:1
And he brought me to the gate that looked towards the east.

Ezekiel 44:1
And he brought me back to the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary, which looked towards the east: and it was shut.

Ezekiel 44:2
And the Lord said to me: This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass through it: because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it, and it shall be shut

Ezekiel 45:17
And the prince shall give the holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the libations on the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, and on all the solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall offer the sacrifice for sin, and the holocaust, and the peace offerings to make expiation for the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 45:18
Thus saith the Lord God: In the first month, the first of the month, thou shalt take a calf of the herd without blemish, and thou shalt expiate the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 45:19
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering: and he shall put it on the posts of the house, and on the four corners of the brim of the altar, and oil the posts of the gate of the inner court.

Ezekiel 46:3
And the people of the land shall adore at the door of that gate before the Lord on the sabbaths, and on the new moons.

Ezekiel 46:6
And on the day of the new moon a calf of the herd without blemish: and the six lambs, and the rams shall be without blemish.

Ezekiel 46:12
But when the prince shall offer a voluntary holocaust, or voluntary peace offering to the Lord: the gate that looketh towards the east shall be opened to him, and he shall offer his holocaust, and his peace offerings, as it is wont to be done on the sabbath day: and he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut after he is gone forth.

Lexicon
This is what
כֹּֽה־ (kōh-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִה֒ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

says:
אָמַר֮ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘The gate
שַׁ֜עַר (ša·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

of the inner
הַפְּנִימִית֙ (hap·pə·nî·mîṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6442: Interior

court
הֶחָצֵ֤ר (he·ḥā·ṣêr)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2691: A yard, a hamlet

that faces
הַפֹּנֶ֣ה (hap·pō·neh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

east
קָדִ֔ים (qā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6921: The fore, front part, the East

must be
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

kept shut
סָג֔וּר (sā·ḡūr)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5462: To shut up, to surrender

during the six
שֵׁ֖שֶׁת (šê·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

days
יְמֵ֣י (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of work,
הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה (ham·ma·‘ă·śeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

but on the Sabbath
הַשַּׁבָּת֙ (haš·šab·bāṯ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath

day
וּבְי֤וֹם (ū·ḇə·yō·wm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

[and]
יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃ (yip·pā·ṯê·aḥ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

on the day
וּבְי֥וֹם (ū·ḇə·yō·wm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of the New Moon
הַחֹ֖דֶשׁ (ha·ḥō·ḏeš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

it shall be opened.
יִפָּתֵ֔חַ (yip·pā·ṯê·aḥ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve


Additional Translations
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.Thus said the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Thus saith the Lord God; The gate that is in the inner court, that looks eastward, shall be shut the six working days; but let it be opened on the sabbath-day, and it shall be opened on the day of the new moon.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working-days; but on the sabbath-day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Thus saith the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh towards the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

'Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that is looking eastward is shut the six days of work, and on the day of rest it is opened, and in the day of the new moon it is opened;
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