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Ezekiel Chapter 40

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Ezekiel

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In Ezekiel 40 the prophet describes the temple that God will rebuild, highlighting its great size, height, and the special dedication of the priests who will serve within it. He also outlines the priests’ garments and the altar, showing that God’s holiness requires perfect purity and careful preparation.

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(1) In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.
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Ezekiel 1:2Ezekiel 8:1Ezekiel 29:17Ezekiel 32:1Ezekiel 32:17Ezekiel 33:21II Kings 25:1II Kings 25:2II Kings 25:3II Kings 25:4II Kings 25:5II Kings 25:6

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Esther 3:7Jeremiah 52:31Genesis 8:5Exodus 12:18Ezekiel 33:21Ezekiel 48:16

(2) In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
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Ezekiel 1:1Ezekiel 8:3Daniel 7:1Daniel 7:7Acts 2:17Acts 16:9II Corinthians 12:1II Corinthians 12:2II Corinthians 12:3II Corinthians 12:4II Corinthians 12:5II Corinthians 12:6

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I Samuel 27:10Ezekiel 20:46

(3) And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
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Ezekiel 1:7Ezekiel 1:27Daniel 10:5Daniel 10:6Revelation 1:15Ezekiel 47:3Isaiah 8:20Isaiah 28:17Zechariah 2:1Zechariah 2:2Revelation 11:1Revelation 21:15

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Ezekiel 1:27Ezekiel 1:28Ezekiel 8:2Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:7

(4) And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
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Ezekiel 2:7Ezekiel 2:8Ezekiel 3:17Ezekiel 43:10Ezekiel 44:5Matthew 10:27Matthew 13:9Matthew 13:51Matthew 13:52Isaiah 21:10Jeremiah 26:2Acts 20:27

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Isaiah 41:22Exodus 33:19Judges 1:24II Samuel 22:26II Samuel 22:27Psalms 18:25

(5) And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
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Ezekiel 42:20Psalms 125:2Isaiah 26:1Isaiah 60:18Zechariah 2:5Revelation 21:12Deuteronomy 3:11

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Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 43:13Ezekiel 42:16Revelation 21:16Ezekiel 41:5

(6) Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
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Ezekiel 40:20Ezekiel 8:16Ezekiel 11:1Ezekiel 43:1Ezekiel 44:1Ezekiel 46:1Ezekiel 46:12I Chronicles 9:18I Chronicles 9:24Nehemiah 3:29Jeremiah 19:2Ezekiel 40:26

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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:7Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 40:27

(7) And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
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Ezekiel 42:5I Kings 6:5I Kings 6:6I Kings 6:7I Kings 6:8I Kings 6:9I Kings 6:10I Chronicles 9:26I Chronicles 23:28II Chronicles 3:9II Chronicles 31:11Ezra 8:29

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Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:5Ezekiel 40:48Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 46:9

(8) He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
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Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:6Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 40:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2

(9) Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
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Ezekiel 45:19

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Ezekiel 40:48Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 41:2Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 46:9

(10) And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
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Ezekiel 40:21II Corinthians 10:13Ezekiel 40:7Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:12

(11) And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
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Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:48Ezekiel 40:23Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9I Kings 7:27

(12) The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
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Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 43:13Numbers 35:5I Kings 6:6Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:21

(13) He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
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Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 41:3Ezekiel 40:48Ezekiel 41:11Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:21

(14) He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
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Ezekiel 8:7Ezekiel 42:1Exodus 27:9Exodus 35:17Leviticus 6:16I Chronicles 28:6Psalms 100:4Isaiah 62:9

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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:48Exodus 38:31Exodus 38:18I Kings 7:23II Chronicles 4:2

(15) And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:23Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 40:9Ezekiel 40:27

(16) And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
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Ezekiel 41:16I Kings 6:4I Corinthians 13:12Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:12Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:30Ezekiel 41:15Ezekiel 42:3John 5:2

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Ezekiel 41:16Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:33Ezekiel 40:36I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 40:22

(17) Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
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Ezekiel 10:5Ezekiel 42:1Ezekiel 46:21Revelation 11:2I Kings 6:5I Chronicles 9:26I Chronicles 23:28II Chronicles 31:11Ezekiel 42:4Ezekiel 45:5

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Exodus 38:31Ezekiel 46:21I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 41:6II Chronicles 4:9Ezekiel 42:3

(18) And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
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Revelation 21:13Nehemiah 13:19Deuteronomy 28:52Isaiah 45:1Jeremiah 17:27Ezekiel 44:17

(19) Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 46:1Ezekiel 46:2

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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 40:48Exodus 38:18Ezekiel 40:11

(20) And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 40:44Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 46:9I Kings 7:25

(21) And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:10Ezekiel 40:11Ezekiel 40:12Ezekiel 40:13Ezekiel 40:14Ezekiel 40:15Ezekiel 40:16Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:30Ezekiel 40:36Ezekiel 40:37

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Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:36Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:33Ezekiel 40:48I Kings 6:20

(22) And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
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Ezekiel 40:16Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:37I Kings 6:29I Kings 6:32I Kings 6:35I Kings 7:36II Chronicles 3:5Revelation 7:9Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:26Ezekiel 40:34

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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:16Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:34Ezekiel 40:44

(23) And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:19Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 40:28Ezekiel 40:44Exodus 27:9Exodus 27:10Exodus 27:11Exodus 27:12Exodus 27:13Exodus 27:14Exodus 27:15Exodus 27:16

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Ezekiel 40:44Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:27Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 46:2

(24) After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
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Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:20Ezekiel 40:35Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:28Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:33Ezekiel 40:36

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Ezekiel 40:27I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 20:46Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17

(25) And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:16Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:29John 12:46I Corinthians 13:12II Peter 1:19Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:33

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Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:36Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:33Ezekiel 40:48I Kings 6:20

(26) And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
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Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:29II Peter 3:18Ezekiel 40:16Psalms 92:12Psalms 92:13Song of Solomon 7:7Song of Solomon 7:8

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Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:34Ezekiel 40:37Leviticus 23:40I Kings 6:32

(27) And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:32Ezekiel 40:19Ezekiel 40:47

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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:44Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 40:28Ezekiel 40:6

(28) And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
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Ezekiel 40:32Ezekiel 40:35

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Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 40:44Ezekiel 40:23Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 48:33

(29) And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:10Ezekiel 40:12I Chronicles 28:11I Chronicles 28:12II Chronicles 31:11Nehemiah 13:5Nehemiah 13:9Jeremiah 35:2Jeremiah 35:3Jeremiah 35:4Jeremiah 36:10

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Ezekiel 40:33Ezekiel 40:36Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:30

(30) And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
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Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:33Ezekiel 40:36

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Ezekiel 41:2Exodus 27:1I Kings 6:6II Chronicles 3:11II Chronicles 6:13Ezekiel 40:29

(31) And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
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Ezekiel 40:26Ezekiel 40:34Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:37

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(32) And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
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Ezekiel 40:28Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:30Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:35

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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:44Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 8:16Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 42:15

(33) And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:36

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Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:36Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:30

(34) And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
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Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:26Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:37Ezekiel 40:49

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Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:37Ezekiel 40:22Ezekiel 40:26Joshua 15:7I Kings 7:25

(35) And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
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Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 40:32Ezekiel 44:4Ezekiel 47:2

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Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 40:44Ezekiel 40:28Ezekiel 48:33

(36) The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:29

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Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:29Ezekiel 40:33Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 40:25Ezekiel 40:48

(37) And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
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Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:34

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Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:34Ezekiel 40:26Ezekiel 45:19Ezekiel 46:21Joshua 15:7

(38) And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
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Ezekiel 40:12Ezekiel 41:10Ezekiel 41:11I Kings 6:8Leviticus 1:9Leviticus 8:21Hebrews 10:22

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Revelation 21:13Nehemiah 13:19Ezekiel 42:13

(39) And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
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Ezekiel 41:22Ezekiel 44:16Malachi 1:7Malachi 1:12Luke 22:30I Corinthians 10:16I Corinthians 10:17I Corinthians 10:18I Corinthians 10:19I Corinthians 10:20I Corinthians 10:21Leviticus 1:3

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Ezekiel 40:40Ezekiel 40:41Exodus 34:1Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 46:9

(40) And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
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Ezekiel 46:9Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 40:41Ezekiel 40:44

(41) Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
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Exodus 34:1Ezekiel 48:16Ezekiel 40:40Ezekiel 40:42Ezekiel 40:39Exodus 25:26

(42) And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
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(43) And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
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Leviticus 1:6Leviticus 1:8Leviticus 8:20

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I Kings 6:6I Kings 7:31Ezekiel 1:27Ezekiel 40:16I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 46:23

(44) And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:27Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:10Ezekiel 40:29I Chronicles 6:31I Chronicles 6:32I Chronicles 16:41I Chronicles 16:42I Chronicles 16:43I Chronicles 25:1I Chronicles 25:2

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Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:27Nehemiah 12:39Zechariah 14:4I Kings 7:25

(45) And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
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Ezekiel 8:5Leviticus 8:35Numbers 3:27Numbers 3:28Numbers 3:32Numbers 3:38Numbers 18:5I Chronicles 6:49I Chronicles 9:23II Chronicles 13:11Psalms 134:1Malachi 2:4

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Ezekiel 40:46I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 20:46Ezekiel 40:44Ezekiel 48:10

(46) And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
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Ezekiel 44:15Leviticus 6:12Leviticus 6:13Numbers 18:5Ezekiel 43:19Ezekiel 48:11I Kings 2:35Leviticus 10:3Numbers 16:5Numbers 16:40Ephesians 2:13

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Ezekiel 40:45Ezekiel 40:44I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 42:1Ezekiel 48:10

(47) So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
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Ezekiel 40:19Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 40:27

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Ezekiel 41:2Exodus 27:1I Kings 6:6II Chronicles 6:13Ezekiel 40:48Numbers 35:5

(48) And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
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I Kings 6:3II Chronicles 3:4

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Ezekiel 41:2Exodus 38:1Exodus 27:1I Kings 6:24II Chronicles 3:11II Chronicles 6:13

(49) The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
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Ezekiel 40:31Ezekiel 40:34Ezekiel 40:37I Kings 7:15I Kings 7:16I Kings 7:17I Kings 7:18I Kings 7:19I Kings 7:20I Kings 7:21II Chronicles 3:17Jeremiah 52:17

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Ezekiel 41:2I Kings 6:20Ezekiel 40:48II Chronicles 4:1I Kings 7:2I Kings 7:6

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