Ezekiel 40:6

Easy To Read Version

Then the man went to the east gate. The man walked up its steps and measured the opening for the gate. It was one ruler {\cf2\super [314]} wide.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:8

The entrance to the bottom rooms was on the south side of the temple. Inside, there were stairs that went up to the second floor rooms and from there to the third floor rooms.

1 Chronicles 9:18

Now these men stand next to the King’s Gate on the east side. They were the gatekeepers from the family group of Levi.

1 Chronicles 9:24

There were gates on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

Nehemiah 3:29

Zadok son of Immer fixed the section in front of his house. Shemaiah son of Shecaniah fixed the next section. Shemaiah was the guard of the East Gate.

Psalm 84:10

One day in your temple is better\par than a thousand days in any other place.\par Standing at the gate of my God’s house\par is better than living in the house\par of a wicked man.\par

Jeremiah 19:2

Go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the front of the Potsherd Gate. {\cf2\super [156]} Take some of the elders (leaders) of the people and some priests with you. At that place, tell them the things that I tell you.

Ezekiel 10:18

Then the Glory of the Lord rose from the threshold of the temple, moved to the place over the Cherub angels {\cf2\super [92]} and stopped there.

Ezekiel 11:1

Then the wind {\cf2\super [94]} carried me to the East Gate of the Lord’s temple. This gate faces the east, \{where the sun comes up\}. I saw 25 men there at the entrance of this gate. Jaazaniah son of Azzur was with those men. And Pelatiah son of Benaiah was there. Pelatiah was the leader of the people.

Ezekiel 40:20

Then the man measured the length and width of the north gate that was in the wall surrounding the outer courtyard.

Ezekiel 40:22

Its windows, its porch, and its carvings of palm trees measured the same as the east gate. \{On the outside,\} there were seven steps leading up to the gate. And its porch was at the inside end of the gateway.

Ezekiel 40:24

Then the man led me to the south wall. I saw a gate in the south \{wall\}. The man measured its side walls and its porch. They measured the same as the other gates.

Ezekiel 40:26

There were seven steps going up to this gate. And its porch was at the inside end of the gateway. It had carvings of palm trees on the walls that were on either side of the gateway.

Ezekiel 40:5

I saw a wall that went all the way around the outside of the temple. {\cf2\super [310]} In the man’s hand there was a ruler for measuring things. It was 6 cubits {\cf2\super [311]} long using the long measurement. {\cf2\super [312]} So the man measured the thickness of the wall. It was one ruler {\cf2\super [313]} thick. The man measured the height of the wall. It was one ruler tall.

Ezekiel 40:7

The rooms for the guards were one ruler long and one ruler wide. The walls between the rooms were 5 cubits {\cf2\super [315]} thick. The opening by the porch at the end of the gateway that faced the temple was also one ruler wide.

Ezekiel 41:16

had wood paneling on all the walls. All the windows and doors had wood trim around them. By the doorway, the Temple had wood paneling from the floor up to the windows, up to the part of the wall

Ezekiel 42:15

The man had finished measuring inside the Temple area. Then he brought me out through the east gate and measured all around that area.

Ezekiel 43:1

The man led me to the east gate.

Ezekiel 43:17

The ledge was also square, 14 cubits {\cf2\super [409]} long by 14 cubits wide. The border around it was 1/2 cubit {\cf2\super [410]} wide. (The gutter around the base was 2 cubits {\cf2\super [411]} wide.) The steps going up to the altar were on the east side.”

Ezekiel 43:8

They won’t bring shame to my name by putting their threshold next to my threshold, and their door post next to my door post. In the past, only a wall separated them from me. So they brought shame to my name every time they sinned and did those terrible things. That is why I became angry and destroyed them.

Ezekiel 44:1

Then the man brought me back to the east gate of the temple area. We were outside the gate and the gate was shut.

Ezekiel 46:12

“When the ruler gives a freewill offering to the Lord—it might be a burnt offering, a fellowship offering, or a freewill offering—the east gate will be opened for him. Then he will offer his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings like he does on the Sabbath {\cf2\super [457]} day. After he leaves, the gate will be shut.

Ezekiel 47:1

The man led me back to the entrance of the temple. I saw water coming out from under the east gate of the temple. (The front of the temple is on the east side.) The water flowed down from under the south end of the temple and ran south of the altar. {\cf2\super [463]}

Ezekiel 8:16

Then he led me to the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple. At that place, I saw 25 men bowing down and worshiping. They were between the porch and the altar—but they were facing the wrong way! Their backs were to the Holy Place. They were bowing down to worship the sun!