Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Shall be shut

General references

Bible References

Shall be shut

Ezekiel 44:1
Then He brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut.

Six working

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
Exodus 20:9
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Luke 13:14
But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

On the sabbath

Ezekiel 45:17
It shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the drink offerings, at the feasts, on the new moons and on the sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering and the peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.”
Isaiah 66:23
“And it shall be from new moon to new moon
And from sabbath to sabbath,
All mankind will come to bow down before Me,” says the Lord.
Hebrews 4:9
So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

General references

Exodus 16:26
Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none.”