"But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the n…" — Ezekiel 46:9

Ezekiel 46:9 · KJV

“But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.”

— Ezekiel 46:9

Verse 8

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.

Verse 10

And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.

Ezekiel 46 — Context

And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

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.

But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.

And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

Exodus 34:23

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Exodus 23:14-17

Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

2 Peter 2:20-21

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

Psalms 84:7

They go from strength to strength, {every one of them} in Zion appeareth before God. {strength to...: or, company to company}

Hebrews 10:38

Now the just shall live by faith: but if {any man} draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Philippians 3:13-14

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but {this} one thing {I do}, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Ezekiel 1:17

When they went, they went upon their four sides: {and} they turned not when they went.