Ezekiel Chapter 44 verse 1 Holy Bible
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
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And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut.
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And he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east; and it was shut.
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Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
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Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
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And he causeth me to turn back the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary that is looking eastward, and it is shut.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-3. - The relation of the prince to the sanctuary. Verse 1. - The gate of the outward sanctuary, the outer gate of the sanctuary (Revised Version) - which looketh toward the east. To this door the prophet was conducted back, by way of the inner north or south gate, from the inner court, in which he had received the measurements of the altar and the instructions for its consecration (Ezekiel 43:5). Whether Ezekiel stood upon the outside of this door as in Ezekiel 43:1, or upon its inside, cannot as yet be determined; but in either ease he observed that it was shut - again, whether on the east side towards the temple precincts, or on the west towards the outer court, is not mentioned, and cannot at this stage be decided. What led the seer to notice that the gate was closed was probably the circumstance that the last time he stood beside it it was open (Ezekiel 43:1), though proof cannot be given that he passed through it (Ezekiel 43:5), conjoined with the fact that it formed the principal entrance to the temple, and as such had been described to him and measured (Ezekiel 40:6).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXLIV.The altar being consecrated, the next thing is to provide for the purity of the worship of which it is the centre. The pollutions of former times had been largely introduced by the princes, and by the Levites and priests; and these classes are therefore treated of in this chapter. Only three verses are here given to the prince, since he is to be spoken of at greater length hereafter, and the rest of the chapter is occupied with directions as to the exclusion of strangers, and the duties of the Levites and priests.(1) The gate of the outward sanctuary.--This is better rendered, the outer gate of the sanctuary. The prophet had been in the inner court, or court of the priests, where the altar stood, and is now brought back to the eastern gate of the outer court. He finds it shut, as it was ordinarily to remain; but with the exceptions mentioned in Ezekiel 44:3, and in Ezekiel 46
