Ezekiel 46:9

And in the coming in of the people of the land before Jehovah at appointed times, he who hath come in the way of the north gate to bow himself, goeth out the way of the south gate, and he who hath come in the way of the south gate, goeth out by the way of the north gate: he doth not turn back the way of the gate by which he came in, but over-against it he goeth out.

Young's Literal Translation

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

8'And in the coming in of the prince, the way of the porch of the gate he cometh in, and by its way he goeth out.

10And the prince in their midst in their coming in cometh in, and in their going out he goeth out.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:14'Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year;

Deuteronomy 16:16'Three times in a year doth every one of thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which He doth choose — in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths; and they do not appear before Jehovah empty;

Ezekiel 1:12And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.

Ezekiel 36:38As a flock of holy ones, as a flock of Jerusalem, In her appointed seasons, So are the waste cities full of flocks of men, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah!'

Malachi 4:4Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, That I did command him in Horeb, For all Israel — statutes and judgments.

Hebrews 10:38and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath 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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