Ezekiel 44:1
And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut.
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2 Chronicles 4:9Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass.
2 Chronicles 33:5And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
Ezekiel 40:17Then he took me into the outer square, and there were rooms and a stone floor made for the open square all round: there were thirty rooms on the stone floor.
Ezekiel 43:1And he took me to the doorway looking to the east:
Ezekiel 46:1This is what the Lord has said: The doorway of the inner square looking to the east is to be shut on the six working days; but on the Sabbath it is to be open, and at the time of the new moon it is to be open.
Acts 21:28Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:1
In this chapter we have, I. The appropriating of the east gate of the temple to the prince, ver. 1-3 . II. A reproof sent to the house of Israel for their former profanations of God's sanctuary, with a charge to them to be more strict for the future, ver. 4-9 . III. The degrading of those Levites that had formerly been guilty of idolatry and the establishing of the priesthood in the family of Zadok, which had kept their integrity, ver. 10-16 . IV. Divers laws and ordinances concerning the priests, ver. 17-31 . Read the whole commentary →