Ezekiel 10:5

10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God ¹  when he speaks.

Ezekiel 40:20

40:20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

Ezekiel 40:31

40:31 Its porches faced the outer court, and decorative palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Ezekiel 40:34

40:34 Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Ezekiel 40:37

40:37 Its jambs ²  faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

Ezekiel 42:9

42:9 Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

Ezekiel 44:1

The Closed Gate

44:1 Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

Ezekiel 44:19

44:19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. ³ 

[10:5]  ¹ tn The name (“El Shaddai”) has often been translated “God Almighty,” primarily because Jerome translated it omnipotens (“all powerful”) in the Latin Vulgate. There has been much debate over the meaning of the name. For discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names Shaddai and Abram,” JBL 54 (1935): 173-210; R. Gordis, “The Biblical Root sdy-sd,” JTS 41 (1940): 34-43; and especially T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 69-72.

[40:37]  ² tc The LXX reads “porches.”

[44:19]  ³ sn For a similar concept of the transmitting of holiness, see Exod 19:12-14; Lev 10:1-2; 2 Sam 6:7. Similar laws concerning the priest are found in Lev 10 and 21.