Ezekiel 43:1

Moreover he brought me to the gate looking eastward, and led me forth.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

In Context

2And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came by the eastern way; and there was a voice of an army, as the sound of many redoubling their shouts, and the earth shone like light from the glory round about.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 40:6And he entered by seven steps into the gate that looks eastward, and he measured across the porch of the gate equal to the reed.

Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of the Lord came into the house, by the way of the gate looking eastward.

Ezekiel 44:2And the Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no one shall pass through it; for the Lord God of Israel shall enter by it, and 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 →

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