Ezekiel 47:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way without unto the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looketh toward the east; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he causeth me to go out the way of the gate northward, and causeth me to turn round the way without, unto the gate that <FI>is<Fi> without, the way that is looking eastward, and lo, water is coming forth from the right side.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 47:2 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 44:2And 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.
  2. Ezekiel 44:4Then 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.

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