Ezekiel 46:9

But when the people of the land come before the Lord at the fixed feasts, he who comes in by the north doorway to give worship is to go out by the south doorway; and he who comes in by the south doorway is to go out by the north doorway: he is not to come back by the doorway through which he went in, but is to go straight before him.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

In Context

8And when the ruler comes in, he is to go in through the covered way of the doorway, and he is to go out by the same way.

10And the ruler, when they come in, is to come among them, and is to go out when they go out.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:14Three times in the year you are to keep a feast to me.

Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands;

Ezekiel 1:12Every one of them went straight forward; wherever the spirit was to go they went; they went on without turning.

Ezekiel 36:38Like sheep for the offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem at her fixed feasts, so the unpeopled towns will be made full of men: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

Malachi 4:4Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.

Hebrews 10:38But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 46:2-16

Rules Relating to Worship. ( b. c. 574.) 1 Thus saith the Lord God ; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth;… Read the whole commentary →

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