What Does Ezekiel 45:13 Mean in the King James?

This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:

Ezekiel 45:13 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The offering is a lifted portion of the harvest, the Hebrew verb translated “offer” carries the image of raising a share out of the whole.

THE MEANING

The share is exact: from each homer of wheat and from each homer of barley, one sixth of an ephah is given. The same measure applies to both grains, making the offering a portion lifted from the harvest itself.

THE ROOT

תְּרוּמָה

terumah

GROWS FROM

רוּם

rum

Rise or be high; in a causative form, lift or raise.

“oblation / offer” in this verse is terumah. The Hebrew noun ⁨תְּרוּמָה⁩ (terumah, a lifted offering) and verb ⁨תָּרִימוּ⁩ (tarimu, you shall lift up) share the root ⁨רוּם⁩ (rum, rise or be high). The offering is pictured as a measured share raised out of the grain that sustains life.

ALSO GROWS

ram: High, elevated.

רָם

This form preserves the root’s sense of height, the image carried into a portion lifted up as an offering.

tarimu: You shall lift up.

תָּרִימוּ

This is the verb translated “offer” in the verse, so the act of offering is directly linked to lifting.

THE PATTERN

A share of what sustains life becomes visible when it is named, measured, and set apart.

And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.

Leviticus 27:30 · KJVThe tithe marks out a defined share of the land’s produce as belonging to the LORD.

That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Deuteronomy 26:2 · KJVThe first fruit is gathered into a concrete portion and carried as an offering from the harvest.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

1 Corinthians 16:2 · KJVA share is set aside in proportion to what each person has received.

THE THREAD

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

Exodus 25:2 · KJV

Exodus uses the same Hebrew noun, ⁨תְּרוּמָה⁩ (terumah, a lifted offering), that names Ezekiel’s measured grain share. Here the offering is given willingly from the heart, connecting a tangible portion with the manner of its giving.

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