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 by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.
Six working
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
Exodus 20:9
For six days you may labor and do all your work,
Luke 13:14
But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day."
On the sabbath
Ezekiel 45:17
It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offering, and the drink offering at festivals, on the new moons and Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he will 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
From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me," says the Lord.
Hebrews 4:9
Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.
General references
Exodus 16:26
Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any."