Ezekiel 46:9

The outer north and south gates were the only gates that people could use to enter the *temple area. Everyone had to enter and to leave by these gates. And everyone had to pass through the entire width of the *temple.

So their *worship could not be brief. They had to spend time in the *temple:

• They would walk past the *altar, which was the place of *sacrifice.

• They would walk past the inner area, which only priests could enter.
• They would see the smoke of the *sacrifices which rose towards heaven.
• They would pass the outer east gate. This gate was always closed because God’s *glory had passed through it.
• On a *Sabbath, they would *worship at the inner east gate.
• And they would walk through the stream that came from the *temple (47:1-12).

Perhaps they would *worship in other ways too. Perhaps they would bring their own *sacrifices.

They would only leave the *temple after they had done all these things.