Ezekiel 44:1
The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
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2 Chronicles 4:9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
2 Chronicles 33:5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
Ezekiel 40:17Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
Ezekiel 43:1Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
Ezekiel 46:1“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
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 →