Ezekiel 44:4
in Ezekiel 44Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.
KJV
Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.
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This verse in Ezekiel 44
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect. Eze 44:4 The north gate before the house - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of their former idolatries Eze 8:3. Eze 44:5 Mark well - The careful arrangements made had all been intended to keep the temple and its surroundings from profanation. Hence, attention to these particulars is enjoined. Eze 44:7 Strangers - This refers especially to the sin of unauthorized and unfaithful priests ministering in the services of the temple. Compare marginal references.
This site's exposition
by way of the north gate
on Ezekiel 44:4-9
The prophet sees the glory filling the house and falls facedown again. Israel had brought in “foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh” while offering “the fat and the blood,” and so broke His covenant. The command is exact: “No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 4 and following) And he brought me through the way of the north gate in the sight of the house, and I saw, and behold, the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord, and I fell on my face.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Note, The more we see of the glory of God the more low we shall lie in our own eyes. God charges the prophet to take a very particular notice of all he saw, and all that was said to him (
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Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Directions as to the priests. Their acts of desecration are attributed to "the house of Israel" (Eze 44:6, 7), as the sins of the priesthood and of the people acted and reacted on one another; "like people, like priest" (Jer 5:31;
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The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְבִיאֵ֜נִי | vayvieni | and he brought me | H935 → | 2568 times |
| דֶּֽרֶךְ־ | derekh- | [the] way of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| שַׁ֣עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַצָּפוֹן֮ | hatzafon | the north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַבַּיִת֒ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וָאֵ֕רֶא | vaere' | and I saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֛ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| מָלֵ֥א | male' | it filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| כְבוֹד־ | khevod- | [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וָאֶפֹּ֖ל | vaepol | and I fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פָּנָֽי׃ | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וַיְבִיאֵ֜נִיand he brought me
vayvieniH935 →2568 times
דֶּֽרֶךְ־[the] way of
derekh-H1870 →707 times
שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הַצָּפוֹן֮the north
hatzafonH6828 →153 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פְּנֵ֣י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַבַּיִת֒the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וָאֵ֕רֶאand I saw
vaere'H7200 →1300 times
וְהִנֵּ֛הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
מָלֵ֥אit filled
male'H4390 →249 times
כְבוֹד־[the] glory of
khevod-H3519 →200 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וָאֶפֹּ֖לand I fell
vaepolH5307 →435 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פָּנָֽי׃face my
panaiH6440 →2123 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
Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Daniel 10:8–10
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- Daniel 8:17–18
As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
- Isaiah 48:12
Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
- Isaiah 44:6
Through
Ezekiel 1:28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the…
it leads to
- Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- Revelation 4:3
The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
- Revelation 10:1
Through
Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 1:28
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the…
- Ezekiel 1:28
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.