Bible Strands
Ezekiel 47:2
Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The visionary is guided by a measuring figure from the temple entrance through the north gate to the outer gate facing east, where he observes water trickling from the south side.
The words — דֶּרֶךְ (de.rekh) = "the way of" and שַׁעַר (sha'ar) = "the gate" frame the directional movement through specific temple boundaries.
The thread — The north gate is explicitly named in Ezekiel 44:4 as the entry point to the temple front, while Ezekiel 44:2 restricts access to "this gate" without identifying its direction.
Why it lands — The text maps a precise architectural circuit and locates the water's origin, requiring the reader to track the vision's geography before drawing theological conclusions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 44:2 And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.
- 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.