Ezekiel 44:3

But the ruler will be seated there to take his food before the Lord; he will go in by the covered way to the door, and will come out by the same way.

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In The King James Version

It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

In Context

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.

4And he took me to the north doorway in front of the house; and, looking, I saw that the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord; and I went down on my face.

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Cross References

Exodus 24:9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:

Deuteronomy 12:17In your towns you are not to take as food the tenth part of your grain, or of your wine or your oil, or the first births of your herds or of your flocks, or anything offered under an oath, or freely offered to the Lord, or given as a lifted offering;

2 Chronicles 23:13And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!

Isaiah 23:18And her goods and her trade will be holy to the Lord: they will not be kept back or stored up; for her produce will be for those living in the Lord's land, to give them food for their needs, and fair clothing.

Ezekiel 34:24And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.

Ezekiel 40:9Eight cubits; and its uprights, two cubits; the covered way of the doorway was inside.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:2-4

Message of the House of Israel. ( b. c. 574.) 1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 2 Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord , the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord ; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go… Read the whole commentary →

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