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Ezekiel 40:6

Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

Ezekiel 40:6 BSB
  1. a Hebrew one reed deep, even one threshold, one reed deep.

Ezekiel 40:6 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 8:16 (4 votes) and Ezekiel 43:1 (4 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from 1 Kings 6 to Revelation 21.

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  1. So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

  2. Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,

  3. The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

  4. he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

  5. The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

  6. Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

  7. For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

  8. and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,

  9. Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.

  10. Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

  11. He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

  12. And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

  13. Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.

  14. Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.

  15. “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened. 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.

Which verses point to Ezekiel 40:6?

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