Ezekiel 45:15
New International Version
Also one sheep is to be taken from every flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the people, declares the Sovereign LORD.

New Living Translation
and one sheep or goat for every 200 in your flocks in Israel. These will be the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings that will make atonement for the people who bring them, says the Sovereign LORD.

English Standard Version
And one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the watering places of Israel for grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them, declares the Lord GOD.

Berean Standard Bible
And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.

King James Bible
And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

New King James Version
And one lamb shall be given from a flock of two hundred, from the rich pastures of Israel. These shall be for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” says the Lord GOD.

New American Standard Bible
and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a grain offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” declares the Lord GOD.

NASB 1995
and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel— for a grain offering, for a burnt offering and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” declares the Lord GOD.

NASB 1977
and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a grain offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” declares the Lord GOD.

Legacy Standard Bible
and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a grain offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
and [you shall offer] one sheep out of every flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a grain offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings to make atonement for [those who brought] them,” says the Lord GOD.

Christian Standard Bible
And the quota from the flock is one animal out of every two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and fellowship offerings, to make atonement for the people.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And the quota from the flock is one animal out of every 200 from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and fellowship offerings, to make atonement for the people.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.”

American Standard Version
and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel;— for a meal-offering, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Contemporary English Version
Finally, they must bring one sheep out of every 200 from their flocks. These offerings will be used as grain sacrifices, as well as sacrifices to please me and those to ask my blessing. I, the LORD, will be pleased with these sacrifices and will forgive the sins of my people.

English Revised Version
and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the fat pastures of Israel; for a meal offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord GOD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You must take one sheep out of every 200 from the well-watered pastures of Israel. You must sacrifice them with grain offerings, burnt offerings, and fellowship offerings to make peace with the LORD, declares the Almighty LORD.

International Standard Version
The sheep quota is to be one from each flock of 200 taken from the pastures of Israel. From all of these you are to present grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them," declares the Lord GOD.

Majority Standard Bible
And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.

NET Bible
and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign LORD.

New Heart English Bible
and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel--for a meal offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them, says the Lord GOD.

Webster's Bible Translation
And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat-offering, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible
and one lamb of the flock out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel—for a meal offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the watered country of Israel, for a present, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement by them—a declaration of Lord YHWH.

Young's Literal Translation
and one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the watered country of Israel, for a present, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement by them -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Smith's Literal Translation
And one sheep from the flock out of two hundred, out of the well watered region of Israel, for a gift and for the burnt-offering, and for the peace to expiate for them, says the Lord Jehovah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And one ram out of a flock of two hundred, of those that Israel feedeth for sacrifice, and for holocausts, and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord God.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And take one ram from each flock of two hundred, out of those that Israel tends for sacrifice and holocausts and peace offerings, in order to make an expiation for them, says the Lord God.

New American Bible
Also, one sheep from the flock for every two hundred from the pasture land of Israel, for the grain offering, the burnt offering, and communion offerings, to make atonement on their behalf—oracle of the Lord GOD.

New Revised Standard Version
and one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the pastures of Israel. This is the offering for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and offerings of well-being, to make atonement for them, says the Lord GOD.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And one ewe out of every two hundred sheep of the flocks of Israel for the meal offering and for the burnt offering and for the peace offering, that I may cleanse them, says the LORD God.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And one ewe of every two hundred sheep of Israel for the meal offering, and for the offering, and for the burning peace offering that will purify them, says THE LORD OF LORDS
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel; for a meal-offering, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord GOD.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And one sheep from the flock out of ten, as an oblation from all the tribes of Israel, for sacrifices, and for whole-burnt-offerings, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for you, saith the Lord God.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Offerings and Feasts
14The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer). 15And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD. 16All the people of the land must participate in this contribution for the prince in Israel.…

Cross References
Leviticus 27:32
Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.

Numbers 18:12-13
I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. / The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.

Deuteronomy 14:22-23
You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. / And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

Nehemiah 10:35-37
We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year. / And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God. / Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

2 Chronicles 31:5-6
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. / And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.

Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

Genesis 28:22
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

Exodus 22:29-30
You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons. / You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

Leviticus 23:10-11
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest. / And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

Numbers 15:19-21
and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD. / From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor. / Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.

1 Corinthians 9:13-14
Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

Hebrews 7:5
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

Romans 11:16
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

1 Corinthians 15:20
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

James 1:18
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.


Treasury of Scripture

And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, said the Lord GOD.

lamb.

Proverbs 3:9,10
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: …

Malachi 1:8,14
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts…

peace offerings.

Ezekiel 45:17
And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

to make

Leviticus 1:4
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 6:30
And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

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Ezekiel 45
1. The portion of land for the sanctuary
6. for the city
7. and for the prince
9. Ordinances for the prince














And one sheep
The Hebrew word for "sheep" here is "seh," which refers to a member of a flock, typically a lamb or young sheep. In the context of ancient Israel, sheep were a vital part of the agrarian economy, providing wool, meat, and milk. Spiritually, sheep often symbolize innocence and purity, and they are frequently used in sacrificial contexts throughout the Old Testament. The specification of "one sheep" underscores the principle of offering a portion of one's resources back to God, a practice that reflects gratitude and acknowledgment of God's provision.

from every flock of two hundred
This phrase indicates a specific ratio, suggesting a systematic and fair approach to offerings. The number "two hundred" may not have a specific symbolic meaning but rather serves to illustrate a manageable and equitable portion for the people to contribute. It reflects the idea that God’s requirements are reasonable and considerate of the people's capacity. This also emphasizes the communal responsibility in worship and sacrifice, where each member of the community contributes to the collective offering.

from the well-watered pastures of Israel
The "well-watered pastures" signify fertile and productive land, a blessing from God. In the arid climate of the Near East, water was a precious resource, and well-watered areas were seen as particularly valuable. This phrase highlights the abundance and prosperity that God provides to His people. It also serves as a reminder that the offerings to God should come from the best of what He has given, reflecting the principle of giving God the firstfruits of our labor.

These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings
The mention of "grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings" refers to different types of sacrifices prescribed in the Mosaic Law. Each type of offering had a distinct purpose: grain offerings were expressions of thanksgiving, burnt offerings symbolized atonement and dedication to God, and peace offerings represented fellowship and reconciliation. Together, they encompass a holistic approach to worship, involving gratitude, repentance, and communion with God. This comprehensive sacrificial system points to the multifaceted relationship between God and His people.

to make atonement for the people
Atonement, from the Hebrew "kaphar," means to cover or reconcile. In the Old Testament, atonement was achieved through the sacrificial system, which foreshadowed the ultimate atonement through Jesus Christ. This phrase underscores the necessity of atonement for maintaining a right relationship with God. It reflects the seriousness of sin and the need for a divinely instituted means of reconciliation, pointing forward to the New Testament fulfillment in Christ's sacrificial death.

declares the Lord GOD
This phrase, often rendered as "declares the Sovereign LORD," emphasizes the authority and sovereignty of God. The use of "declares" (Hebrew "ne'um") signifies a prophetic utterance, underscoring that these instructions are not merely human traditions but divine mandates. The title "Lord GOD" (YHWH Elohim) combines the covenant name of God with a term denoting His power and majesty, reminding the reader of God's faithfulness and His ultimate authority over all creation. This declaration assures the people that the instructions given are part of God's divine plan and purpose for His people.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

one
אַחַ֨ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

sheep shall be given
וְשֶׂה־ (wə·śeh-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7716: A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat

from [each] flock
הַצֹּ֤אן (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

two hundred
הַמָּאתַ֙יִם֙ (ham·mā·ṯa·yim)
Article | Number - fd
Strong's 3967: A hundred

from the well-watered pastures
מִמַּשְׁקֵ֣ה (mim·maš·qêh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4945: Causing to drink, a butler, drink, a well-watered region

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

These are for the grain offerings,
לְמִנְחָ֖ה (lə·min·ḥāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering

burnt offerings,
וּלְעוֹלָ֣ה (ū·lə·‘ō·w·lāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

and peace offerings,
וְלִשְׁלָמִ֑ים (wə·liš·lā·mîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8002: A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering

to make atonement
לְכַפֵּ֣ר (lə·ḵap·pêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

for the people,
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

declares
נְאֻ֖ם (nə·’um)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD.
יְהוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH


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