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 45:3-4

45:3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles ¹  and a width of three and one-third miles; ²  in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place. 45:4 It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the Lord to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. ³ 

Ezekiel 45:18

45:18 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 48:11

48:11 This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 44:5

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ⁵  watch closely and listen carefully to ⁶  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ⁷  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 47:12

47:12 On both sides of the river’s banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.” ⁸ 

Ezekiel 48:8

48:8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles ⁹  wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

[45:3]  ¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:3]  ² tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:4]  ¹ tc The LXX apparently understood “open land” instead of “sanctuary.”

[48:11]  ¹ tn Heb “strayed off.”

[44:5]  ¹ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

[44:5]  ² tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”

[44:5]  ³ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.

[47:12]  ¹ sn See Rev 22:1-2.

[48:8]  ¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).