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 took me back to the outer east gate of the Holy Place, and the gate was shut.
Six working
Genesis 3:19
You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.
Exodus 20:9
You have six days to do all your work.
Luke 13:14
The official of the synagogue was angry that Jesus healed on the Sabbath. He told the people: There are six days in which we should work. Come during those days and be healed, not on the Sabbath!
On the sabbath
Ezekiel 45:17
Then the prince is responsible to provide burnt offerings, grain offerings, and wine offerings at the annual festivals, the New Moon Festivals, the weekly days of worship, and all the other appointed festivals of the nation of Israel. He must prepare offerings for sin, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and fellowship offerings to pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah for the nation of Israel.
Isaiah 66:23
From one month to the next and from one week to the next all people will come to worship me, declares Jehovah.
Hebrews 4:9
There remains then a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
General references
Exodus 16:26
You shall gather it for six days. But on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there shall be none.