Ezekiel 44:1-3

New Century Version

The Outer East Gate

44 Then the man brought me back to the outer east gateway of the Temple area, but the gate was shut. ² The Lord said to me, “This gate will stay shut; it will not be opened. No one may enter through it, because the Lord God of Israel has entered through it. So it must stay shut. ³ Only the ruler himself may sit in the gateway to eat a meal in the presence of the Lord. He must enter through the porch of the gateway and go out the same way.”