Ezekiel 43:1 - Exposition

Afterward , etc. Having completed the survey of the temple precincts ( Ezekiel 42:15-20 ), the prophet's guide, "the measuring man," conducted him back to the gate that looked towards the east, i.e. to the gate leading into the outer court from the east (see on Ezekiel 40:6 ), perhaps because this was the principal entrance to the sanctuary, but chiefly because through it the impending theophany was to pass.