Ezekiel 43:1

And he took me to the doorway looking to the east:

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

In Context

2And there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of great waters, and the earth was shining with his glory.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 40:6Then he came to the doorway looking to the east, and went up by its steps; and he took the measure of the doorstep, one rod wide.

Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the doorway looking to the east.

Ezekiel 44:2And the Lord said to me, This doorway is to be shut, it is not to be open, and no man is to go in by it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has gone in by it; and it is to be shut.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:1

The prophet, having given us a view of the mystical temple, the gospel-church, as he received it from the Lord, that it might appear not to be erected in vain, comes to describe, in this and the next chapter, the worship that should be performed in it, but under the type of the Old-Testament services. In this chapter we have, I. Possession taken of this temple, by the glory of God filling it, ver. 1-6 . II. A promise given of the continuance of God's presence with his people upon condition of their return to, and… Read the whole commentary →

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