Ezekiel 47:1

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Water from the Temple Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east(for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.

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  • Ps 46:4 : 4 The river’s channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the Most High.
  • Joel 3:18 : 18 On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.
  • Zech 14:8 : 8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it will happen both in summer and in winter.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life– water as clear as crystal– pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
  • Isa 55:1 : 1 The Lord Gives an Invitation“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
  • Jer 2:13 : 13 “Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 The Refinement of Judah“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say,“Come!” And let the one who hears say:“Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.
  • Isa 30:25 : 25 On every high mountain and every high hill there will be streams flowing with water, at the time of great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.
  • Ezek 47:12 : 12 On both sides of the river’s banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
  • Isa 2:3 : 3 many peoples will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the LORD’s message will issue from Jerusalem.
  • Ezek 41:2 : 2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8¾ feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet.
  • Ezek 41:23-26 : 23 The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door. 24 Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. 25 On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy of wood on the front of the outside porch. 26 There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.
  • John 7:37-39 : 37 Teaching About the Spirit On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out,“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and 38 let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says,‘From within him will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 (Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 47:2-8
    7 verses
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    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.

    3 When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep.

    4 Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

    5 Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

    6 He said to me,“Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.

    7 When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides.

    8 He said to me,“These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the rift valley; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh.

  • Ezek 43:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

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

    2 I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east; the sound was like that of rushing water; and the earth radiated his glory.

  • Ezek 42:1-2
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    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.

    2 Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87½ feet.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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    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.

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    47 He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple.

    48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet and the sides were 5¼ feet on each side.

    49 The length of the porch was 35 feet and the width 19¼ feet; steps led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

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    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.

  • 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.

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    17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

    18 The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Ezek 42:9-12
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    9 Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

    10 At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

    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.

  • Ezek 40:6-7
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    6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.

    7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

  • 7 He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

  • 35 The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench.

  • 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life– water as clear as crystal– pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

  • Ezek 43:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

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

    5 Then a wind lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched the glory of the LORD filling the temple.

    6 I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.

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

  • Ezek 41:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1 The Inner Temple Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet wide on each side.

    2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8¾ feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet.

    3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, the entrance as 10½ feet, and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet.

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

  • 37 They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.

  • 17 to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

  • 8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it will happen both in summer and in winter.

  • 2 By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

  • 10 He put“The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

  • 17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.