Ezekiel 44:4 - Exposition

From the outside of the east gate of the outer court the prophet was brought the way of the north gate , but whether of the outer or of the inner is uncertain, and set down before the house. On the ground that the prophet at his new station was in front of the temple, Hitzig, Keil, and others decide for the north gate of the inner court; whereas Kliefoth, looking to the circumstance that the first communications made to the prophet at his new post concerned "the entering in of the house," and "the going forth of the sanctuary," prefers the north gate of the outer court. But at whichever of the gates the prophet was set down he perceived a second time (comp. Ezekiel 43:5 ) that the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord , and this, perhaps, should cast the balance in favor of the inner court entrance, from which the interior of the "house" could be more easily