Ezekiel 43:1
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
In Context
Cross References
Ezekiel 40:6Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof; and he measured the jamb of the gate, one reed broad, and the other jamb, one reed broad.
Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Ezekiel 44:2And the LORD said unto me: 'This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:1
The prophet, having given us a view of the mystical temple, the gospel-church, as he received it from the Lord, that it might appear not to be erected in vain, comes to describe, in this and the next chapter, the worship that should be performed in it, but under the type of the Old-Testament services. In this chapter we have, I. Possession taken of this temple, by the glory of God filling it, ver. 1-6 . II. A promise given of the continuance of God's presence with his people upon condition of their return to, and… Read the whole commentary →