Ezekiel 46:9

But when the people of the land shall go in before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that goeth in by the north gate to adore, shall go out by the way of the south gate : and he that; goeth in by the way of the south gate, shall go out by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go out at that over against it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 prince is to go in, let him go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and let him go out the same way.

10And the prince in the midst of them, shall go in when they go in, and go out when they go out.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:14Three times every year you shall celebrate feasts to me.

Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. No one shall appear with his hands empty before the Lord:

Ezekiel 1:12And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went.

Ezekiel 36:38As a holy dock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts: so shall the waste cities be full of flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Malachi 4:4Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the precepts, and judgments.

Hebrews 10:38But my just man liveth by faith; but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please my soul.

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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