The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening. Cross References 1 Chronicles 9:18 he was previously stationed at the King's Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites. Ezekiel 40:19 Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north. Ezekiel 40:39 Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered. 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." Ezekiel 45:19 And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court. Ezekiel 46:8 When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way. Ezekiel 46:12 When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out. Treasury of Scripture 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. the porch John 10:1-3 by the post Ezekiel 46:8 Ezekiel 44:3 2 Chronicles 23:13 the priests Colossians 1:28 he shall worship 1 Kings 8:22,23 1 Chronicles 17:16 1 Chronicles 29:10-12 but the gate Ezekiel 46:12 |