Ezekiel 44:3 Cross References - Thomson

³ Consequently, when the ruler himself shall sit there to eat bread before the Lord, he shall come in by the way of the ailam of this gate and by that way he shall go out.

⁵⁴ Then he offered a sacrifice upon the mount and invited his brethren and they ate and drank and slept on the mount.

⁹ Then Moses and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud and seventy of the senate of Israel went up; ¹⁰ and they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and what was under his feet was like a pavement of Sapphire, and in clearness like the appearance of the firmament of heaven. ¹¹ And of these chosen men of Israel not one uttered a dissenting voice. Now when they had appeared in the presence of God and had eaten and drunk

⁷ and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and rejoice with your households, for all your possessions, and the labours of your hands, as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

¹⁷ Thou shall not be at liberty to eat, in thy cities, the tythe of thy corn, and of thy wine, and thine oil, nor the firstlings of thy herds, and thy flocks, nor any of thy vows, which you shall make, nor your thank offerings, nor the oblations of thy hands. ¹⁸ These thou shalt eat no where but before the Lord, in the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse for himself; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man servant, and thy maid servant, and the stranger who is in thy cities. And when thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, for all thy possessions and all the labours of thy hand,

¹³ and looked, and lo! the king was on his platform, and at the entrance were the chiefs, with the trumpets. And the chiefs around the king, and all the people of the land, were full of joy; and the trumpets were sounding, accompanied by musicians with their instruments of musick, and the singers singing songs of praise. Upon which she rent her robe and cried with a loud voice, Treason! Treason!

³¹ Then the king stood on the pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord to walk before the Lord and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with his whole heart, and his whole soul, so as to perform all the terms of the covenant, written in that book;

¹⁸ And her traffick and gain shall be holy to the Lord. All her gain shall not be treasured up for themselves, but for them who dwell before the Lord, that they may eat and drink and be filled, and for contributions to be kept in remembrance before the Lord.

⁹ But they who reap the harvest shall eat and praise the Lord; and they who gather the vintage shall drink wine in my holy courts.

²⁴ and I the Lord will be their God; and David shall be chief among them. I the Lord have spoken;

²⁵ therefore they shall dwell in that land of theirs which I gave to my servant Jacob. Where their fathers dwelt there they shall dwell and my servant David shall be the only chief forever.

⁹ And the ailam of the gateway adjoining the ailam of the gate was eight cubits, and the aileus were two cubits.

² And the ruler shall go in by the way of the ailam of the gate on the inside and shall stand in the porch of the gate. And the priests shall prepare his whole burnt offerings and his offerings of thanksgiving; and he shall make his adoration in the porch of the gate and go out. But the gate shall not be shut till evening.

⁸ And when the ruler cometh in he shall come in by the way of the ailam of the gate, but he shall go out by the way of the gate. ⁹ And when the people of the land come in before the Lord at the festivals, he who cometh in at the north gate to worship, shall go out at the south gate: and he who cometh in at the south gate shall go out at the north gate. He shall not turn back to the gate at which he entered, but shall go out straight forward. ¹⁰ And if the ruler is in the midst of them when they come in, he shall come in with them, and when they go out he shall go out.

¹² and say to him, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Behold a man! his name is Anatole [Day-spring] underneath him he shall spring up. And he shall build the house of the Lord. ¹³ And he shall take authority and sit and rule on his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand; and there shall be a counsel of peace between both.

¹⁸ Consider Israel according to the flesh; are not they who eat the sacrifices, partakers in common of the altar. ¹⁹ What then, do I say that an idol is any thing? or that what is sacrificed to an idol is any thing? ²⁰ No. I only say, that what the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. Now, I would not have you to be partakers in the worship of the demons. ²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons. ²² Are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? ²³ All things are lawful for me. All things however are not expedient, All things are lawful for me." All things however do not edify. ²⁴ Let none seek barely his own interest, but every one that of his neighbour. ²⁵ Eat whatever is sold in the shambles, asking no questions for conscience sake; ²⁶ for the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof. ²⁷ And if any of the disbelievers invite you to an entertainment, and you chuse to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience sake. ²⁸ But if any one say to you, This was sacrificed to an idol, eat not of it for the sake of him who gave the information; and for conscience sake; for the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof. ²⁹ When I say conscience I do not mean one's own, but the conscience of the other. ³⁰ But why is my liberty to be judged by another's conscience? And if I partake with thankfulness, why am I ill spoken of for what I give thanks? ³¹ Whether then you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. ³² Conduct yourselves so as to give no offence to Jews or Greeks, or the congregation of God, ³³ even as I do. In all things I please all men, not studying barely my own interest, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

²⁰ Behold I stand at the door and knock. If any one will hearken to my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.