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Ezekiel 44:1

Then the man brought me back to the east gateway in the outer wall of the Temple area, but it was closed.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - East Gate;   Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Prince;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The man then brought me back toward the sanctuary’s outer gate that faced east, and it was closed.
Hebrew Names Version
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
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.
English Standard Version
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east. And it was shut.
New American Standard Bible
Then He brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut.
New Century Version
Then the man brought me back to the outer east gateway of the Temple area, but the gate was shut.
Amplified Bible
Then He brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he brought me towarde the gate of the outwarde Sanctuarie, which turneth towarde the East, and it was shut.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then He brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then He brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut.
Berean Standard Bible
The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
Contemporary English Version
The man took me back to the outer courtyard, near the east gate of the temple area. I saw that the doors to this gate were closed.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east; and it was shut.
Darby Translation
And he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east; and it was shut.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the man brought me back to the east gate of the Temple area. We were outside the gate and the gate was shut.
George Lamsa Translation
THEN he brought me back by way of the gate of the outer sanctuary which looks toward the east; and behold, it was shut.
Good News Translation
The man led me to the outer gate at the east side of the Temple area. The gate was closed,
Lexham English Bible
And he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that is facing east, and it was shut.
Literal Translation
And he brought me back the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary, facing east. And it was shut.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After this, he brought me agayne to ye outwarde dore of the Sanctuary on the east syde, and that was shut.
American Standard Version
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
Bible in Basic English
And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
King James Version (1611)
Then he brought me backe the way of the gate of the outward Sanctuarie which looketh toward the East, and it was shut.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After this, he brought me againe to the outward gate of the sanctuarie on the east side, and that was shut.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and it was shut.
English Revised Version
Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
World English Bible
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he turnede me to the weie of the yate of the outermore seyntuarie, which yate byhelde to the eest, and was closid.
Update Bible Version
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh towards the east; and it [was] shut.
New English Translation
Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.
New King James Version
Then He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces toward the east, but it was shut.
New Life Bible
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the holy place, toward the east, and it was shut.
New Revised Standard
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looked toward the east, - but, it was shut.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he brought me back to the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary, which looked towards the east: and it was shut.
Revised Standard Version
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut.
Young's Literal Translation
And he causeth me to turn back the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary that is looking eastward, and it is shut.
THE MESSAGE
Then the man brought me back to the outside gate complex of the Sanctuary that faces east. But it was shut.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the man brought me back to the east gateway in the outer wall of the Temple area, but it was closed. 2 And the Lord said to me, "This gate must remain closed; it will never again be opened. No one will ever open it and pass through, for the Lord , the God of Israel, has entered here. Therefore, it must always remain shut. 3 Only the prince himself may sit inside this gateway to feast in the Lord 's presence. But he may come and go only through the entry room of the gateway."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the outward: So called in opposition to the temple itself, which was the inner sanctuary. Ezekiel 40:6, Ezekiel 40:17, Ezekiel 42:14, 2 Chronicles 4:9, 2 Chronicles 20:5, 2 Chronicles 33:5, Acts 21:28-30

looketh: Ezekiel 43:1, Ezekiel 43:4, Ezekiel 46:1

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 46:8 - he shall go

Cross-References

Genesis 24:2
One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, "Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh.
Genesis 42:25
Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men's sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instructions to return each brother's payment at the top of his sack. He also gave them supplies for their journey home.
Genesis 43:2
When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, "Go back and buy us a little more food."
Genesis 43:16
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the manager of his household, "These men will eat with me this noon. Take them inside the palace. Then go slaughter an animal, and prepare a big feast."
Genesis 43:19
The brothers approached the manager of Joseph's household and spoke to him at the entrance to the palace.
Isaiah 3:1
The Lord, the Lord of Heaven's Armies, will take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything they depend on: every bit of bread and every drop of water,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary,.... The prophet was brought by his divine guide, from the altar of burnt offerings, which stood before the house, where he had given him the dimensions of it, and the ordinances concerning it, to the temple or holy place, called the outward sanctuary, in distinction from the inward sanctuary, or holy of holies; and to one of the gates of it, which was a gate of the inner court:

and which looketh toward the east: the eastern gate, and was the same he had been at before, and therefore is said to be brought back the way of it; see Ezekiel 43:1:

and it was shut; when he was there before, it was open; for he saw the glory of the Lord enter into the house by the way of it; but now it was shut, and for that reason, because he had entered into it; signifying, among other things, that he would never return, or remove from thence any more. The Misnic doctors d interpret this of one of the little doors to the great gate of the temple, that had two little doors, one in the north, the other in the south; that which was in the south no man ever entered in by, and this they say is understood here; but it is not a little door, but a gate here spoken of, and that the eastern one; of which more in the following verses.

d Misna Middot, c. 4. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Outward sanctuary - The court of the priests, as distinguished from the temple itself. This gate was reserved for the prince, to whom it was opened on certain days. Only a prince of the house of David might sit down in the priests’ court (compare Ezekiel 46:1-2).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XLIV

This chapter gives an account of the glory of God having

returned to the temple, 14.

The Jews reproved for suffering idolatrous priests to pollute

it with their ministrations, 5-8.

Ordinances respecting the conduct of the priests, and the

maintenance due to them, 9-31.

NOTES ON CHAP. XLIV

Verse Ezekiel 44:1. The outward sanctuary — In opposition to the temple itself, which was the inner sanctuary.


 
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