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Ezekiel 44

Ezek. 44:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then he brought me back
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of the gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
of the outward
chiytsown (Hebrew #2435)
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
KJV usage: outer, outward, utter, without.
Pronounce: khee-tsone'
Origin: from 2434
sanctuary
miqdash (Hebrew #4720)
from 6942; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
KJV usage: chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
Pronounce: mik-dawsh'
Origin: or miqqdash (Exod. 15:17) {mik-ked-awsh'}
x which looketh
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
toward the east
qadiym (Hebrew #6921)
from 6923; the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
KJV usage: east(-ward, wind).
Pronounce: kaw-deem'
Origin: or qadim {kaw-deem'}
; and it was shut
cagar (Hebrew #5462)
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
KJV usage: close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X straitly.
Pronounce: saw-gar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ezek. 43:1,4• 1And he brought me unto the gate, the gate which looked toward the east.
 4And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose front was toward the east. (Ezek. 43:1,4)

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East,
Gate,
Sanctuary

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The east gate assigned only to the prince.
4-8:  The priests reproved for polluting the sanctuary.
9-14:  Idolaters incapable of the priests office.
15-16:  The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto.
17-31:  Ordinances for the priests.
the outward.So called in opposition to the temple itself, which was the inner sanctuary.
Ezek. 40:6,17• 6And he came to the gate which looked toward the east, and went up its steps; and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold one reed broad.
 17And he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were cells, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty cells were upon the pavement. (Ezek. 40:6,17)
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Ezek. 42:14• 14When the priests enter in, they shall not go forth from the sanctuary into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister, for they are holy; and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which is for the people. (Ezek. 42:14)
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2 Chron. 4:9• 9And he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors thereof with bronze. (2 Chron. 4:9)
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2 Chron. 20:5• 5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court; (2 Chron. 20:5)
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2 Chron. 33:5• 5And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah. (2 Chron. 33:5)
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Acts 21:28‑30• 28crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.
 29For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
 30And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. (Acts 21:28‑30)
looketh.
Ezek. 43:1,4• 1And he brought me unto the gate, the gate which looked toward the east.
 4And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose front was toward the east. (Ezek. 43:1,4)
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Ezek. 46:1• 1Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working-days; but on the sabbath-day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. (Ezek. 46:1)
• The entrance of Jehovah, the God of Israel, was enough to close it for all but His representative. But He will have a representative upon earth—the prince—and the prince shall sit “to eat bread before Jehovah.” He is to have the honor of entering in and going out by the way of the porch of that gate. No high priest ever claimed this. (“Notes on Ezekiel 44:1-14” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.