Yahweh’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
- BSB and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
- NKJV And the glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east.
- NASB And the glory of the Lord entered the house by way of the gate facing east.
- NLT And the glory of the Lord came into the Temple through the east gateway.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Ezek 44:2Yahweh said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.
- Ezek 10:18–19Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
- Ezek 43:2Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
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