Ezekiel 46:9

"'But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he who enters 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 by which he came in, but shall go forth straight before him.

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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

8When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by its way.

10The prince, when they go in, shall go in with of them; and when they go out, he shall go out.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:14"You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.

Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the Lord your God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:

Ezekiel 1:12Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.

Ezekiel 36:38As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know that I am the Lord.'"

Malachi 4:4"Remember the Law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

Hebrews 10:38But my righteous one will live by faith.If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

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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