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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-3

The prophet is here brought to review what he had before once surveyed; for, though we have often looked into the things of God, they will yet bear to be looked over again, such a copiousness there is in them. The lessons we have learned we should still repeat to ourselves. Every time we review the sacred fabric of holy things, which we have in the scriptures, we shall still find something new which we did not before take notice of. The prophet is brought a third time to the east gate, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1

Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary ,.... The prophet was brought by his divine guide, from the altar of burnt offerings, which stood before the house, where he had given him the dimensions of it, and the ordinances concerning it, to the temple or holy place, called the outward sanctuary, in distinction from the inward sanctuary, or holy of holies; and to one of the gates of it, which was a gate of the inner court: and which looketh toward the east : the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 44:1

The outward sanctuary - In opposition to the temple itself, which was the inner sanctuary. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1

The gate of the outward sanctuary , the outer gate of the sanctuary (Revised Version)— which looketh toward the east . To this door the prophet was conducted back, by way of the inner north or south gate, from the inner court, in which he had received the measurements of the altar and the instructions for its consecration ( Ezekiel 43:5 ). Whether Ezekiel stood upon the outside of this door as in Ezekiel 43:1 , or upon its inside, cannot as yet be determined; but in either ease he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-2

The shut gate: reverence. What is the true significance of this closure? Much has been made of it by fanciful exposition; but surely the true lesson is that which lies upon the surface, viz. that the closed gate would be a continual reminder that the people must reverently abstain from using the entrance through which the Most High himself had once passed. It was another symbolic utterance of the truth that we must "put off our shoes" when we stand on "holy ground." The fact that there was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-3

The prerogative of the prince. The regulation prescribed in these verses is very remarkable, and is not free from difficulties. It appears that a peculiar sanctity attached to the eastern gate of the temple, owing to the fact that it was by this gate that the glory of the Lord entered, and by this same gate that the glory of the Lord had previously forsaken, the sacred precincts. To mark this sacredness, the gate was kept shut, and no one was permitted to pass through it, except the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:1

Outward sanctuary - The court of the priests, as distinguished from the temple itself. This gate was reserved for the prince, to whom it was opened on certain days. Only a prince of the house of David might sit down in the priests’ court (compare Ezekiel 46:1-2). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 44:1-2

Ezekiel 44:1-2. Then he brought me back, &c. From the altar to the gate belonging to the court of the priests, and leading to the outward court of the temple. All the courts were reckoned holy ground, and called sometimes by the name of the temple. And it was shut After that the glory of the Lord had entered that way. Then saith the Lord, This gate shall be shut Shall be generally kept shut; no man shall enter in by it None of the common people: see chap. Ezekiel 46:1. Because... read more

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