Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord: and behold at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men having their backs towards the temple of the Lord, in their faces to the east: and they adored towards the rising of the sun. the inner Ezekiel 10:3 And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. Ezekiel 40:28 And he brought me into the inner court at the south gate: and he measured the gate according to the former measures. Ezekiel 43:5 And the spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court: and behold the house was filled with the glory of the Lord. Ezekiel 45:19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering: and he shall put it on the posts of the house, and on the four corners of the brim of the altar, and oil the posts of the gate of the inner court. at the door 2 Kings 16:14 But the altar of brass that was before the Lord, he removed from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord: and he set it at the side of the altar towards the north. 2 Chronicles 7:7 Solomon also sanctified the middle of the court before the temple of the Lord: for he offered there the holocausts, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar, which he had made, could not hold the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat: Joel 2:17 Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers, shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God? about Ezekiel 11:1 And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the east gate of the house of the Lord, which looketh towards the rising of the sun: and behold in the entry of the gate five and twenty men: and I saw in the midst of them Jezonias the son of Azur, and Pheltias the son of Banaias, princes of the people. with their Ezekiel 23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because thou hast forgotten me, and hast cast me off behind thy back, bear thou also thy wickedness, and thy fornications. 1 Kings 8:29 That thy eyes may be open upon this house, night and day: upon the house of which thou hast said: My name shall be there: that thou mayst hearken to the prayer which thy servant prayeth, in this place to thee: 2 Chronicles 29:6 Our fathers have sinned and done evil in the sight of the Lord God, forsaking him: they have turned away their faces from the tabernacle of the Lord, and turned their backs. Jeremiah 2:27 Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: Thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us. Jeremiah 32:33 And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces: when I taught them early in the morning, and instructed them, and they would not hearken to receive instruction. their faces Deuteronomy 4:19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven. Deuteronomy 17:3 So as to go and serve strange gods, and adore them, the sun and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which I have not commanded: 2 Kings 23:5,11 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high places in the cities of Juda, and round about Jerusalem: them also that burnt incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to the twelve signs, and to all the host of heaven. . . . Job 31:26-28 If I beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness: . . . Jeremiah 44:17 But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil. Acts 7:42,43 And God turned and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the books of the prophets: Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years, in the desert, O house of Israel? . . . and they. Context The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple…15And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man: but turn thee again, thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 16And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord: and behold at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men having their backs towards the temple of the Lord, in their faces to the east: and they adored towards the rising of the sun.17And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man: is this a light thing to the house of Juda, that they should commit these abominations which they have committed here: because they have filled the land with iniquity, and have turned to provoke me to anger? and behold they put a branch to their nose.… Cross References Deuteronomy 4:19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven. Deuteronomy 17:3 So as to go and serve strange gods, and adore them, the sun and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which I have not commanded: 2 Kings 23:11 And he took away the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun, at the entering in of the temple of the Lord, near the chamber of Nathanmelech the eunuch, who was in Pharurim: and he burnt the chariots of the sun with fire. 2 Chronicles 29:6 Our fathers have sinned and done evil in the sight of the Lord God, forsaking him: they have turned away their faces from the tabernacle of the Lord, and turned their backs. Job 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness: Jeremiah 2:27 Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: Thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us. Jeremiah 44:17 But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil. Ezekiel 8:15 And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man: but turn thee again, thou shalt see greater abominations than these. Ezekiel 10:3 And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. Ezekiel 23:39 And when they sacrificed their children to their idols, and went into my sanctuary the same day to profane it: they did these things even in the midst of my house. Ezekiel 40:6 And he came to the gate that looked toward the east, and he went up the steps thereof: and he measured the breadth of the threshold of the gate one reed, that is, one threshold was one reed broad; Ezekiel 43:8 They who have set their threshold by my threshold, and their posts by my posts: and there was but a wall between me, and them: and they profaned my holy name by the abominations which they committed: for which reason I consumed them in my wrath. Ezekiel 46:1 Thus saith the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east, shall be shut the six days, on which work is done; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, yea and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. Joel 2:17 Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers, shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God? Lexicon So He broughtוַיָּבֵ֣א (way·yā·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go me to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the inner הַפְּנִימִית֒ (hap·pə·nî·mîṯ) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6442: Interior court חֲצַ֣ר (ḥă·ṣar) Noun - common singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2691: A yard, a hamlet of the house בֵּית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house of the LORD, יְהוָה֮ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and there וְהִנֵּה־ (wə·hin·nêh-) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! at the entrance פֶ֜תַח (p̄e·ṯaḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6607: An opening, door, entrance way to the temple הֵיכַ֣ל (hê·ḵal) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1964: A large public building, palace, temple of the LORD, יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel between בֵּ֤ין (bên) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between the portico הָֽאוּלָם֙ (hā·’ū·lām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 197: A vestibule and the altar, הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar were about twenty-five כְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (kə·‘eś·rîm) Preposition-k | Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth men אִ֑ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person with their backs אֲחֹ֨רֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·ḥō·rê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 268: The hinder part, behind, backward, the West to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the temple הֵיכַ֤ל (hê·ḵal) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1964: A large public building, palace, temple of the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and their faces וּפְנֵיהֶ֣ם (ū·p̄ə·nê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face toward the east; קֵ֔דְמָה (qê·ḏə·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6924: The front, of place, time and they וְהֵ֛מָּה (wə·hêm·māh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They were bowing to the east קֵ֖דְמָה (qê·ḏə·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6924: The front, of place, time in worship מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֥ם (miš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem) Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7812: To depress, prostrate of the sun. לַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (laš·šā·meš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement Additional Translations So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east. And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty men, with their back parts toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces turned the opposite way; and these were worshipping the sun. And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the entry of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs towards the temple of the LORD, and their faces towards the east; and they worshiped the sun towards the east. He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh's house; and see, at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east. And He bringeth me in unto the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and lo, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun. 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