Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing east;
Parallel translations
- WEB Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east.
- KJV Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
- BSB Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
- NKJV Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.
- NLT After this, the man brought me back around to the east gateway.
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Quick answer
The guide brings Ezekiel to the east gate, the very gate facing the rising sun. The vision now reaches its climax: the return of God's glory.
Overview
After the long measuring of the temple, Ezekiel is led to the eastern gate. The east is significant, for it was by the east that God's glory had earlier departed (Ezekiel 10:18-19, 11:23). This moment sets the stage for the glorious return of God's presence, the heart of the whole vision and a foretaste of Immanuel, God dwelling with his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ezek 42:15Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it all around.
- Ezek 44:1Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
- Ezek 46:1Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks 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 40:6Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide.
- Ezek 10:19The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- Ezek 43:4Yahweh’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
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