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
Six working
On the sabbath
General references
Bible References
Shall be shut
Ezekiel 44:1
The man then brought me back toward the sanctuary’s outer gate that faced east, and it was closed.
Six working
Genesis 3:19 You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
Exodus 20:9 You are to labor six days and do all your work,
Luke 13:14
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”
On the sabbath
Ezekiel 45:17
Then the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the festivals, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed times of the house of Israel—will be the prince’s responsibility. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and fellowship offerings to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.
Isaiah 66:23 All mankind will come to worship Me
from one New Moon to another
and from one Sabbath to another,”
says the Lord.
from one New Moon to another
and from one Sabbath to another,”
says the Lord.
Hebrews 4:9
Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people.
General references
Exodus 16:26
For six days you may gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”