Ezekiel 44:3
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.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 44 connects to 10 cross-references. The eastern gate remains shut because the Lord has entered through it. Prince regulations include: no foreigners uncircumcised in heart may enter the sanctuary. Levites who served idols will serve in lesser capacities; only the Zadokite priests who kept faithful …
Other Translations
As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
The prince, who <FI>is<Fi> prince, he sitteth by it to eat bread before Jehovah, by the way of the porch of the gate he cometh in, and by its way he goeth out.'
But the ruler will be seated there to take his food before the Lord; he will go in by the covered way to the door, and will come out by the same way.
Cross References
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did …
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, …
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, …
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your …
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and …
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the …
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together …
And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; …
And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, …