“When the people
Of the land
Come before Yahweh,
At the appointed festivals,
Whoever enters
By the north gate
To worship
Shall go out
By the south gate.
Whoever enters
By the south gate
Shall go out
By the north gate.
They shall not return
By way of the gate
By which they entered.
But they shall go out
Straight ahead.
When they go in,
The prince shall
Come in with them.
When they go out,
He shall go out.”
Interesting enough, Yahweh, via Ezekiel, had a sense of crowd control for these religious festivals. Although you could enter from either the north or south side gates, you could not turn around. You had to go straight ahead. If you came in on the north side, you went out the south side, and vice versa. Here the prince came in with the people, while just earlier he had a special entrance.
