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
Then he brought me back to the gate of the outer sanctuary which faces toward the east; and it was shut.
Six working
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return.
Exodus 20:9
Six days shall you labor, and do all your work:
Luke 13:14
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them 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 give burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the grain offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
Isaiah 66:23
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, says the LORD.
Hebrews 4:9
There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.
General references
Exodus 16:26
Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.