Ezekiel 46:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“‘When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:14-17 : 14 “Three times in the year you must make a pilgrim feast to me. 15 You are to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for at that time you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before me empty-handed. 16 “You are also to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you have gathered in your harvest out of the field. 17 At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Sovereign LORD.
  • Exod 34:23 : 23 At three times in the year all your men must appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel.
  • Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times a year all your males must appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
  • Ezek 1:12 : 12 Each moved straight ahead– wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.
  • Ezek 1:17 : 17 When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.
  • Mal 4:4 : 4 Restoration through the Lord“Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.
  • Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 14 with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 8 When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way.

  • 10 When they come in, the prince will come in with them, and when they go out, he will go out.

  • Ezek 46:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 The Prince’s Offerings“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The gate of the inner court that faces east will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.

    2 The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.

    3 The people of the land will bow down at the entrance of that gate before the LORD on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.

  • 12 When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the LORD, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out.

  • 19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw a place at the extreme western end.

  • Ezek 44:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1 The Closed Gate Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

    2 The LORD said to me:“This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

    3 Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal before the LORD; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way.”

    4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed the glory of the LORD filling the LORD’s temple, and I threw myself face down.

  • 73%

    44 On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south gate facing north.

    45 He said to me,“This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

    46 and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the LORD to minister to him.”

  • Jer 17:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Observance of the Sabbath Day Is a Key to the Future The LORD told me,“Go and stand in the People’s Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem.

    20 And then announce to them,‘Listen to the LORD’s message, you kings of Judah, and everyone from Judah, and all you citizens of Jerusalem, those who pass through these gates.

  • 72%

    11 with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances

    12 were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

  • 1 The Glory Returns to the Temple Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.

  • 1 Chambers for the Temple Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.

  • 71%

    19 Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.

    20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

  • 71%

    23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet.

    24 Then he led me toward the south. I saw a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.

  • 24 The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides– east, west, north, and south.

  • 9 Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

  • 2 He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed that the water was trickling out from the south side.

  • 2 “Stand in the gate of the LORD’s temple and proclaim this message:‘Listen to the LORD’s message, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the LORD.

  • 70%

    30 “These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles by measure,

    31 the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

  • 4 The glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east.

  • 70%

    27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.

    28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

  • 69%

    14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

    15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

  • 2 Chr 23:4-6
    3 verses
    69%

    4 This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

    5 Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of the LORD’s temple.

    6 No one must enter the LORD’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the LORD.

  • 19 He posted guards at the gates of the LORD’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

  • 35 Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others–

  • 20 This is the LORD’s gate– the godly enter through it.

  • 17 “‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen garments; they must not have any wool on them when they minister in the inner gates of the court and in the temple.

  • 21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed that in every corner of the court there was a court.

  • 10 However, some of the officials of Judah heard about what was happening and they rushed up to the LORD’s temple from the royal palace. They set up court at the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD’s temple.

  • 16 Then all who survive from all the nations that came to attack Jerusalem will go up annually to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, and to observe the Feast of Shelters.

  • 24 The LORD says,‘You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day.

  • 32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

  • 40 On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

  • Ezek 40:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9 He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.

    10 There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement.