Ezekiel 46:4,5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

The burnt-offering that the prince shall offer, &c. It was the prince's part to provide sacrifices for the sabbaths and other festivals: see Ezekiel 45:17. But this was a new ordinance; and the number of the beasts that were to be offered, and the proportions of the meat and drink- offerings, are different here from those prescribed in the law, as will appear by comparing the fourth, sixth, seventh, and fourteenth verses of this chapter, with Numbers 28:9-12; Numbers 28:15. And the meat-offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give The Hebrew is, According to the gift of his hand; that is, as much as he shall think sufficient.

Ezekiel 46:4-5

4 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.

5 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.