"{It is} for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the po…" — Ezekiel 44:3

Ezekiel 44:3 · KJV

“{It is} for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of {that} gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.”

— Ezekiel 44:3

Verse 2

Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

Verse 4

Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.

Ezekiel 44 — Context

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

Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

{It is} for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of {that} gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.

And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. {mark well: Heb. set thine heart} {mark well: Heb. set thine heart}

Cross References

Ezekiel 46:2

And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of {that} gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

Ezekiel 37:25

And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, {even} they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David {shall be} their prince for ever.

1 Corinthians 10:18-33

Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

Ezekiel 34:24

And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken {it}.

Genesis 31:54

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. {offered...: or, killed beasts}

Ezekiel 40:9

Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate {was} inward.

Ezekiel 46:8-10

And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of {that} gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

2 Chronicles 34:31

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.