Ezekiel 43:1
in Ezekiel 43Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
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ASV
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east.
KJV
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
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This verse in Ezekiel 43
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAfterward he brought me to the gate,.... The dimensions of this wonderful building being finished, the prophet's divine guide brought him from the wall about it, he had last measured, to the gate he first had him to, after he had observed to him the same wall, Eze 40:5, even the gate that looketh toward the east; or, as the Targum, which was open to the way of the east. The reason of his being brought hither follows.
This site's exposition
brought me to the gate
on Ezekiel 43:1-4
The vision brings the prophet again to the east gate, and the glory of the God of Israel comes from the way of the east exactly as it left: the wheeled throne rose from the cherubim at 10:4, departed the city eastward at 11:23, and now returns by the same road, the book's own itinerary closing where it opened. The voice is like a noise of many waters, the same figure chapter 1 used of the throne's approach, and the earth itself shines with the glory, so that the prophet falls on his face exactly as he did by the river Chebar. Keil reads the return as the vision's whole argument in one scene, a house made ready by nine chapters of measuring meets a glory that will not enter it defiled twice.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And he led me He again led me into the Eastern Gate, and I saw the Glory descending to the Court.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיּוֹלִכֵ֖נִי | vaiyolikheni | and he led me | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַשָּׁ֑עַר | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| שַׁ֕עַר | shaar | [the] gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פֹּנֶ֖ה | poneh | [was] facing | H6437 → | 135 times |
| דֶּ֥רֶךְ | derekh | [the] direction of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַקָּדִֽים׃ | hakadim | the east | H6921 → | 69 times |
וַיּוֹלִכֵ֖נִיand he led me
vaiyolikheniH1980 →1546 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַשָּׁ֑עַרthe gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
שַׁ֕עַר[the] gate
shaarH8179 →374 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
פֹּנֶ֖ה[was] facing
ponehH6437 →135 times
דֶּ֥רֶךְ[the] direction of
derekhH1870 →707 times
הַקָּדִֽים׃the east
hakadimH6921 →69 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 40:6Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 8:16
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 9:18
Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
- Ezekiel 10:18
Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
- Ezekiel 40:20
He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.
- 1 Kings 6:8
The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
- Ezekiel 8:16
Through
Ezekiel 46:1“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the…
it leads to
- Isaiah 66:23
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- Ezekiel 44:1–2
The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
- Ezekiel 45:17–19
And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He…
- Isaiah 66:23
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.