Ezek.44.3

Ezekiel 44:3

KJV GOD Jesus

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.

The East Gate Assigned to the Prince

Cross References

Genesis 31:54

KJV

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

Jacob’s Covenant with Laban

Exodus 24:9

KJV

¶ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

The Covenant Sealed

Ezekiel 34:24

KJV GOD

And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

The Good Shepherd

Ezekiel 37:25

KJV GOD

And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

One Nation with One King

The Davidic Kingdom

Ezekiel 40:9

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Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

The East Gate

Ezekiel 46:2

KJV GOD

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 Prince’s Offerings

Ezekiel 46:8

KJV GOD

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.

The Prince’s Offerings

Ezekiel 46:12

KJV GOD

Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.