1. Then the man brought me back to the east gateway in the outer wall of the Temple area, but it was closed.
2. And the lord said to me, “This gate must remain closed; it will never again be opened. No one will ever open it and pass through, for the lord, the God of Israel, has entered here. Therefore, it must always remain shut.
3. Only the prince himself may sit inside this gateway to feast in the lord’s presence. But he may come and go only through the entry room of the gateway.”
4. Then the man brought me through the north gateway to the front of the Temple. I looked and saw that the glory of the lord filled the Temple of the lord, and I fell face down on the ground.