Ezekiel 44:3
Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the Lord. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”
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.
As for the prince, he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out the same way.”
As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- for
- Ezekiel 46:2, 8; 2 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 34:31
- the prince
- It is probable that the prince mentioned here and elsewhere, does not mean the Messiah, but the ruler of the Jewish nation for the time being. For it is not only directed where he should sit in the temple, and eat his portion of the sacrifices, and when and how he should go out; but it is also ordered (ch. 45:22,) that at the passover he shall offer a bullock, a sin offering for himself and the people; and to guard him against any temptation of oppressing the people, he had a provision of land allotted to him, (ch. 45:8,) out of which he is to give an inheritance for his sons, (ch. 46:18.) These appear plainly to be political rules for common princes, and for a succession of them; but as no such rules were observed under the second temple, the fulfilment of it must still be future.
- Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:25; Zechariah 6:12, 13
- to eat
- Genesis 31:54; Exodus 24:9–11; Deuteronomy 12:7, 17, 18; Isaiah 23:18; Isaiah 62:9; 1 Corinthians 10:18–33; Revelation 3:20
- he shall enter
- Ezekiel 40:9; Ezekiel 46:2, 8–10