46 The master Yahweh says this: The eastern gate of the inner courtyard will be shut for the six days of work, but it will be opened on rest days and on the day of the new moon. 2 The leader will enter the outer courtyard by the way of that gate and its outside porch, and he’ll stand at the doorposts of the inner gate while the priests perform his burnt offering and peace offering. Then he’ll worship right there at the inner gate and then leave again, but the gate won’t be shut until evening. 3 The people will also worship in front of Yahweh at the entrance to that gate on rest days and new moons. 4 The burnt offering that the leader offers to Yahweh on the rest day will be six unblemished lambs and an unblemished ram. 5 The grain offering that he gives with the ram is twenty-two litres of flour, and with the lambs it should be as much as he pleases, along with one litre of olive oil for every twenty-two litres of flour. 6 On the day of the new moon he must offer a bull, six lambs, and a ram—all without any defects. 7 He must also provide a grain offering of twenty-two litres of flour with the bull, the same with the ram, and as much as he wants with the lambs, along with a litre of olive oil with every twenty-two litres of flour. 8 The leader enters by the way of the gate and its porch, and he must leave by the same way.

9 But when the people of the land come before Yahweh at the appointed festivals, anyone entering through the north gate to worship must leave through the south gate, and anyone entering through the south gate must leave through the north gate. No one is allowed to turn back to the gate through which they entered, because everyone must keep going straight ahead until they get out. 10 The leader must be amongst them in their midst—when they go in, he must go in, and when they leave, he must leave. 11 During the festivals that you hold for me, the king must present twenty-two litres of flour along with a bull or a ram, and as much flour as he wants to with the lambs, along with a litre of olive oil with every twenty-two litres of flour.

12 When the leader gives a freewill offering to Yahweh (either a burnt offering or a peace offering), the eastern gate will be opened for him. He will offer his burnt offering or his peace offering just like he does on the rest day. Then he must go out, and after he’s gone out the gate will be shut.