Ezekiel 43 · Verse 1

Ezekiel 43:1

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
Ezekiel 43:1, King James Version

Ezekiel 43:1 in other translations

BSBThen the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
WEBAfterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east.
ASVAfterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east.
YLTAnd he causeth me to go to the gate, the gate that is looking eastward.
DARBYAnd he brought me unto the gate, the gate which looked toward the east.
BBEAnd he took me to the doorway looking to the east:
WebsterAfterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh towards the east:

What does Ezekiel 43:1 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The glory of the Lord is represented as returning to the temple, Eze 43:1-6; where God promises to fix his residence, if the people repent and forsake those sins which caused him to depart from them, Eze 43:7-12. Then the measures of the altar, and the ordinances relating to it, are set down, Eze 43:13-27.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
After Ezekiel had surveyed the temple of God, he had a vision of the glory of God. When Christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of God, through Him, are shown to us by the Holy Ghost, they make us ashamed for our sins. This frame of mind prepares us for fuller discoveries of the mysteries of redeeming love; and the whole of the Scriptures should be opened and applied, that men may see their sins, and repent of them. We are not now to offer any atoning sacrifices, for by one offering Christ has perfected for ever those that are sanctified, Heb. 10:14; but the sprinkling of his blood is needful in all our approaches to God the Father. Our best services can be accepted only as sprinkled with the blood which cleanses from all sin.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezekiel 43:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיּוֹלִכֵ֖נִיvai.yo.li.Khe.niand he led meH1980
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַשָּׁ֑עַרha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179
שַׁ֕עַרSha.'ar[the] gateH8179
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
פֹּנֶ֖הpo.Neh[was] facingH6437
דֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekh[the] direction ofH1870
הַקָּדִֽים\׃ha.ka.Dimthe eastH6921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 43:1

  • Ezekiel 42:15

    Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

  • Ezekiel 44:1

    Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

  • Ezekiel 46:1

    Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

  • Ezekiel 40:6

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

  • Ezekiel 10:19

    And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

  • Ezekiel 43:4

    And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 The returning of the glory of God into the temple.
7 The sin of Israel hindered God's presence.
10 The prophet exhorts them to repentance, and observation of the law of the house.
13 The measures,
18 and the ordinances of the altar.

the gate that.
40:6; 42:15; 44:1; 46:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 43:1

    Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

  • Ezekiel 43:2

    And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

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Ezekiel 43:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
LLEVÓME luego á la puerta, á la puerta que mira hacia el oriente;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il me conduisit à la porte, la porte qui regardait vers l’orient.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er führte mich zum Tore, dem Tore, das gegen Osten sah.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et duxit me ad portam quæ respiciebat ad viam orientalem.