Ezekiel 44:1
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and it was shut.
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2 Chronicles 4:9Also he made the priests’ court, and the great court, and doors to the court, and their panels were overlaid with brass.
2 Chronicles 33:5And he built altars to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
Ezekiel 40:17And he brought me into the inner court, and, behold, there were chambers, and peristyles round about the court; thirty chambers within the ranges of columns.
Ezekiel 43:1Moreover he brought me to the gate looking eastward, and led me forth.
Ezekiel 46:1Thus saith the Lord God; The gate that is in the inner court, that looks eastward, shall be shut the six working days; but let it be opened on the Sabbath day, and it shall be opened on the day of the new moon.
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 →