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
And he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east; and it was shut.

Six working

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.
Exodus 20:9
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
Luke 13:14
But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

On the sabbath

Ezekiel 45:17
And it shall be the prince's part to supply the burnt-offerings, and the oblation, and the drink-offering, at the feasts, and at the new moons, and on the sabbaths, in all the solemnities of the house of Israel: it is he that shall prepare the sin-offering, and the oblation, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.
Isaiah 66:23
And it shall come to pass from new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, saith Jehovah.
Hebrews 4:9
There remains then a sabbatism to the people of God.

General references

Exodus 16:26
Six days shall ye gather it; but on the seventh day is sabbath: on it there shall be none.