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Ezekiel 43:5
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel narrates his visionary experience to the house of Israel during the final phase of his temple vision. He describes being transported by the Spirit into the inner court immediately after the divine glory entered through the east gate.
The words — The Hebrew ר֔וּחַ (Ru.ach) denotes "spirit" or "wind," while מָלֵ֥א (ma.Le') literally means "it filled." These terms establish the agent of transport and the complete occupation of the sanctuary space.
The thread — The motif of divine presence filling a sacred space echoes 1 Kings 8:10, where a cloud fills the house of the LORD, and parallels the visionary transport described in Ezekiel 8:3 and 2 Corinthians 12:2.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that God’s glory actively occupies the purified sanctuary rather than remaining distant. It requires the reader to acknowledge divine initiative in restoring holy space without assuming human effort achieves the filling.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.
Cross-references
- 2 Corinthians 12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
- 1 Kings 8:10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
- Ezekiel 8:3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- Ezekiel 11:24 And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
- Ezekiel 3:12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”
- Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- Ezekiel 44:4 Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
- Acts 8:39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- 1 Kings 18:12 I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.