Ezekiel 44:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Outward sanctuary - The court of the priests, as distinguished from the temple itself. This gate was reserved for the prince, to whom it was opened on certain days. Only a prince of the house of David might sit down in the priests’ court (compare Ezekiel 46:1-2).

Ezekiel 44:1

1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.