When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go out by its way.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
- BSB When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way.
- NKJV When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.
- NASB When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the porch of the gate, and go out by the same way.
- NLT “The prince must enter the gateway through the entry room, and he must leave the same way.
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Cross-references · 3
- Ezek 46:2The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Ezek 44:1–3Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
- Col 1:18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
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