Verse 6

Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 8:16 : 16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the LORD’s house. Right there at the entrance to the LORD’s temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the LORD’s temple, facing east– they were worshiping the sun toward the east!
  • Ezek 43:1 : 1 The Glory Returns to the Temple Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.
  • Ezek 40:20 : 20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.
  • Ezek 11:1 : 1 The Fall of Jerusalem A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people.
  • Ezek 40:5 : 5 I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall as 10½ feet, and its height as 10½ feet.
  • Ezek 40:7 : 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.
  • Ezek 10:18 : 18 Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.
  • 1 Kgs 6:8 : 8 The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor.
  • 1 Chr 9:18 : 18 he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.
  • 1 Chr 9:24 : 24 The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides– east, west, north, and south.
  • Neh 3:29 : 29 After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
  • Jer 19:2 : 2 Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Announce there what I tell you.
  • Ezek 40:26 : 26 There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.
  • Ezek 43:8 : 8 When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger.
  • Ezek 44:1 : 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.
  • Ezek 46:1-2 : 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.
  • Ezek 46:12 : 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.
  • Ezek 47:1 : 1 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.