Verse 16
Ezekiel 8:16
English Revised Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֵ֣א אֹתִ֗/י אֶל חֲצַ֣ר בֵּית יְהוָה֮ הַ/פְּנִימִית֒ וְ/הִנֵּה פֶ֜תַח הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֗ה בֵּ֤ין הָֽ/אוּלָם֙ וּ/בֵ֣ין הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ כְּ/עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אִ֑ישׁ אֲחֹ֨רֵי/הֶ֜ם אֶל הֵיכַ֤ל יְהוָה֙ וּ/פְנֵי/הֶ֣ם קֵ֔דְמָ/ה וְ/הֵ֛מָּה מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֥ם קֵ֖דְמָ/ה לַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
English Translation
And He brought me to the inner courtyard of the house of the Lord, and behold, there was the entrance of the Lord's temple between the porch and the altar, with twenty-five men at their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces eastward, and they were bowing down to the east toward the sun.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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