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Ezekiel 44:2
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The East Gate and the Prince

1 Then He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary awhich faces toward the east, but it was shut.  
2 And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it, abecause the Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut.  
3 As for the aprince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to beat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.”  

Those Admitted to the Temple

4 Also He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the1 temple; so I looked, and abehold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord; band I fell on my face.  
5 And the Lord said to me, a“Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears, all that I say to you concerning all the bordinances of the house of the Lord and all its laws. Mark well who may enter the house and all who go out from the sanctuary.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Ezekiel 44:2

This gate shall be shut - It was not to be opened on ordinary occasions, nor at all on the week days: but only on the Sabbaths and the new moons. See the account of the gates (4) in the explanation of the plan.

This verse has been adduced by the Roman Catholics to Proverbs the perpetual virginity of the mother of our Lord; and it may be allowed to be as much to the purpose as any other that has been brought to Proverbs this very precarious point, on which no stress should ever be laid by any man. Mary was a virgin when she brought forth Jesus.


 
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