What Does Ezekiel 45:25 Mean?
In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, he shall do the same at the feast of the seven days, according to the offering for falling short, according to the ascending offering, according to the grain gift, and according to the oil.
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King James wording
King James Version
In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.THE KEY
The feast carries the same ordered pattern forward: what addresses the missing and what rises remain distinct within one whole.
THE MEANING
This verse places the seventh-month feast inside a recurring rhythm: the offering for the missing and the offering that rises are named alongside the meal and oil. Distinct forms remain held together in one ordered observance.
THE ROOT
חַטָּאת
ḥaṭṭāʾt
GROWS FROM
חטא
ḥṭʾ
To miss, fail, or go astray.
“offering for falling short” in this verse is ḥaṭṭāʾt. The offering’s name carries the idea of what is missed, giving the phrase more depth than a generic act of sacrifice. Beside the offering that rises, it keeps addressing the missing distinct from ascent.
ALSO GROWS
ḥāṭāʾ: To miss, fail, or go astray.
חָטָא
It makes the root’s sense of missing audible within the offering for the missing.
ḥēṭʾ: A miss, failure, or offense.
חֵטְא
It shows the condition the offering addresses without reducing the verse’s offering list to one undifferentiated act.
עֹלָה
ʿōlāh
GROWS FROM
עלה
ʿlh
To go up or ascend.
“ascending offering” in this verse is ʿōlāh. The Hebrew name carries the movement of rising. Set beside the offering for the missing, it reveals two distinct movements held within the feast’s ordered pattern.
ALSO GROWS
ʿālāh: To go up or rise.
עָלָה
This verb makes the upward movement within the burnt offering’s name clear.
ʿaliyyāh: Ascent or going up.
עֲלִיָּה
It shares the root’s sense of rising and brings out the movement concealed by the English label.
THE PATTERN
A recurring calendar gathers distinct offerings into an ordered annual rhythm.
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the festival of booths for seven days to the LORD.And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you have a set-apart assembly; you do no serving labor, and you keep a feast unto the LORD seven days.But in those slain offerings, a reminding of shortcomings is made again each year.THE THREAD
And one shaggy goat as an offering for falling short; beside the unbroken ascending offering, its gift, and its poured offering.This verse names the same Hebrew חַטָּאת (ḥaṭṭāʾt, offering for the missing) beside burnt and meal offerings in the same feast cycle. The shared root makes the distinction tangible: each offering keeps its own place within one ordered whole.
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