Ezekiel 44:1

And he causeth me to turn back the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary that is looking eastward, and it is shut.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

In Context

2And Jehovah saith unto me, 'This gate is shut, it is not opened, and none doth go in by it, for Jehovah, God of Israel, hath come in by it, and it hath been shut.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 4:9And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass.

2 Chronicles 33:5And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 40:17And he bringeth me in unto the outer court, and lo, chambers and a pavement made for the court all round about — thirty chambers on the pavement —

Ezekiel 43:1And he causeth me to go to the gate, the gate that is looking eastward.

Ezekiel 46:1'Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that is looking eastward is shut the six days of work, and on the day of rest it is opened, and in the day of the new moon it is opened;

Acts 21:28crying out, 'Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;'

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 →

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