Ezekiel 42:14

When the priests enter them, then shall they not go forth out of the holy place into the outer court, but there, shall they lay their garments wherein they minister for holy they are, and shall put on other garments, and so draw near unto that which pertaineth to the people.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.

In Context

13Then said he unto me, The chambers of the north the chambers of the south which face the secluded place, they are the holy chambers where the priests who draw near to Yahweh shall eat the most holy things; there, shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal offering and the sin-bearer and the guilt bearer, for the place is holy!

15And when he had ended the measurings of the inner house, then he brought me forth by way of the gate which looked toward the east,— and measured it round about on every side.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:4And Aaron and his sons, shalt thou bring near, unto the opening of the tent of meeting,—and shalt bathe them in water.

Leviticus 8:13And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron and clothed them with tunics and girded them with bands, and wrapped round for them turbans,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

Leviticus 16:24and shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his [other] garments,—and go forth, and offer his own ascending-sacrifice, and the ascending-sacrifice of the people, so shall he put a propitiatory-covering about himself, and about the people;

Ezekiel 44:19And when they go forth into the outer court into the outer court unto the people, They shall put off their garments, wherein they do minister, and lay them in the chambers of the holy place,- And shall put on other garments, That they may not hallow the people by their garments.

Luke 9:62But Jesus said [unto him] —No one, laying the hand on a plough and looking unto the things behind, is, fit, for the kingdom of God.

Romans 13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and, for the flesh, take not forethought to fulfil its covetings.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 42:2-15

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. 2 Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. 3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →

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