THEOSISEzekiel 40:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he came to the gate that looked toward the east, and he went up the steps thereof: and he measured the breadth of the threshold of the gate one reed, that is, one threshold was one reed broad;
וַיָּב֗וֹא אֶל־שַׁ֙עַר֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר פָּנָיו֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַקָּדִ֔ימָה וַיַּ֖עַל במעלותו בְּמַֽעֲלוֹתָ֑יו וַיָּ֣מָד ׀ אֶת־סַ֣ף הַשַּׁ֗עַר קָנֶ֤ה אֶחָד֙ רֹ֔חַב וְאֵת֙ סַ֣ף אֶחָ֔ד קָנֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד רֹֽחַב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 8:16And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord: and behold at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men having their backs towards the temple of the Lord, in their faces to the east: and they adored towards the rising of the sun.
- Ezek 43:1And he brought me to the gate that looked towards the east.
- Ezek 40:20He measured also both the length and the breadth of the gate of the outward court, which looked northward.
- Jer 19:2And go forth into the valley of the son of Ennom, which is by the entry of the earthen gate: and there thou shalt proclaim the words that I shall tell thee.
- 1 Chr 9:24In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.
- Ezek 10:18And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple: and stood over the cherubims.
- Ps 84 (83):10
- 1 Chr 9:18Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the sons of Levi waited by their turns.